Follwed: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.10_p5 I get a timeout when I telnet to localhost port 25 but not when i do it from a diff pc on the same network Code: root@ubuntu:/var/log# hostname ubuntu.server.com root@ubuntu:/var/log# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 ubuntu ubuntu.server.com localhost.localdomain Services are running Code: root@ubuntu:/var/log# ps aux | grep -i pos root 4240 0.0 0.3 4796 1644 ? Ss 00:39 0:00 /usr/lib/postfix/master postfix 4243 0.0 0.3 4808 1584 ? S 00:39 0:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u -c postfix 4244 0.0 0.3 4848 1620 ? S 00:39 0:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u root 4260 0.0 0.1 6332 996 ? Ss 00:40 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -a pam root 4261 0.0 0.1 6332 588 ? S 00:40 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -a pam root 4262 0.0 0.1 6332 528 ? S 00:40 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -a pam root 4263 0.0 0.1 6332 528 ? S 00:40 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -a pam root 4264 0.0 0.1 6332 528 ? S 00:40 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -a pam root 4285 0.0 0.1 2796 756 pts/0 R+ 00:41 0:00 grep -i pos root@ubuntu:/var/log# netstat -tap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 3541/mysqld tcp 0 0 192.168.2.7:domain *:* LISTEN 3440/named tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 4240/master tcp6 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 3717/sshd tcp6 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 4240/master root@ubuntu:/var/log# cat mail.log Mar 24 23:58:08 ubuntu postfix/master[15494]: daemon started -- version 2.3.3, configuration /etc/postfix Any ideas