Hi, I installed qmail and serialmail and configured it, that outgoing mail is queue in ~alias/pppdir. That work fine. But the system will to sent the mails out: gemini:/root # maildirsmtp ~alias/pppdir alias-ppp- mail.gmx.de mpik180.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de serialsmtp: fatal: network read error: no error serialsmtp: fatal: network read error: no error serialsmtp: fatal: network read error: no error maildirserial: fatal: making no progress, giving up The host mail.gmx.de is the smtp server from my ISP. It is reachable. mpik180.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de is the 'official' hostname of my linux box. When I sent mail from the mailclient direct to the isp, everything works fine. What can be wrong? -- |Michael Renner E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |D-72072 Tuebingen Germany | |Germany Don't drink as root! ESC:wq