Hi; I tried this: [root@mydomain ccc]# telnet 127.0.0.1 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. EHLO MAIL FROM: me@xxxxxxxxx RCPT TO: me@xxxxxxxxx DATA testing from server . ^] but I never get back to a command prompt. Please advise. TIA, John _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos