thanks for the reply!
A> The dns lookup is checked, I haven't tried turning that off yet.
B> I'm not sure what I'll name the box, I'd like to do something that's easy, but it's looking now that I may be able to use a static IP, BUT I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong just incase.
To answer your question, on MY line, the one I'm testing on (which can't work very well) I just found that port 25 is blocked both ways. The end product will be on a static IP that (I think) will let 25 through, but it makes you forward all mail on that port throught the isp's smtp server, which doesn't require authentication, so that should be fine.
** Edit for clarity: the one I'm testing on (which can't work very well) I just found out that port 25 is blocked both ways. The end product will be on a static IP that (I think) will let port 25 come in, but it makes you forward all mail on that port out to the isp's smtp server....
and, when I do 'nslookup mail.mydomain.com' (which is in the /etc/hosts), it says
server: 192.168.1.103
address: 192.168.1.103#53
(something like 'domain name not found') error: SERVFAIL
let me know how I can be more specific
thanks again!
-lb