Roger Arnold wrote: Hello All, I have a problem when I tried to run "clearopensmtp" with the result as follows: could not connect to mysql update server could not create relay table create table relay ( ip_addr char(18) not null, timestamp char(12), primary key (ip_addr) ) I have tried to follow the example in the vpopmail FAQ question/answer 4. and after (copying the example) writing the startup script into rc.local ran /home/vpopmail/bin/clearopensmtp which I assume creates a table in mysql for relays. I used vpopmail-4.10.14 to install vpopmail and configured it it use mysql. I also altered the vmysql.h file to suit my mysql username/password etc. I am now at a loss as to how to get all this to work, not being familiar with vpopmail and smtp, and with only a passing knowledge of mysql. Could someone with more knowledge help me sort this out please? Thanks in advance for any and all help Regards Roger