Craig White wrote: > rpm -ivh --force \ > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/postfix-2.2.2-2.i386.rpm Use --oldpackage , not --force . The --force option is like taking a hammer to your RPM database. You'll get the package installed, but you might break the database at the same time. --oldpackage just does what you need it to do in this case. And I believe -Uvh or -Fvh would be needed, since postfix is already installed. Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | ... and watched Richard Stallman ask one of the @westexe.demon.co.uk | waiting staff whether the spring rolls did indeed | spring and whether they would bounce. | -- Telsa Gwynne