> But we still don't know for sure (unless I missed a posting) if there is > a router between the LAN and the internet ? > If there is and it's not configured correctly that could still be > stopping the incoming port 25. > Regards Roger > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Yes there is a router connecting the lan to the internet. And I do have it set up to forward port 25 through to the linux box running postfix. >do a tail -f /var/log/maillog and , >with it running , do a service postfix restart. >You'll see on maillog all the errors that are Umm Not sure about the tail command and when I typed in tail -f... I just got blank lines and no other command lines? What am I doing wrong? Also I uninstalled postfix and I am about to re-install and start fresh. Sorry to be so ignorant. Also thank you Alexander for educating me so eloquently on proper etiquette. Thanks aganin, JP