On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 14:17 +0000, leon wrote: > Here is /var/log/maillog Connection timed out when trying to contact any host outside cam.ac.uk. That's hardly surprising; the UCS started filtering outgoing port 25 from undergrad machines (and indeed any machines not explictly permitted) about a decade ago. Use a smarthost -- probably smtp.hermes. -- dwmw2