Hi, I have been through the entire install of everything from qmail, ucspi-tcp, daemontools, Vpopmail and etc. Although I have just finished the 4th time through I am glad things have not gone right. Talk about a crash course in *nix. Anyway, I have enjoyed the understanding that I have gained. Everything works except when I try to smtp to non-local hosts (local hosts get the mail). The files in /vpopmail/etc (open-smtp, and open-smtp.lock) both get used/updated when a user pops, but neither the /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb file nor the /vpopmail/tcp.smtp.cdb are changed - thus no smtp to non-local hosts. The mail comes back with this expected error: 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) What would keep the vpopmail programs from changing the tcp.smtp.cdb file? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp