> >Yep.. tried host:port, and it tells me its an unknown service or name. >Oddly, the inbound works, so I know it's resolving the hostname/IP. In fact, the server is in resolv.conf and in the >/etc/hosts file. named on this machine is just a caching server, but seems to resolve everything else. Don't think it's >a port issue either, altho I may give that a shot on the router. You might want to try telnetting to the server you are trying to use, just to make sure you have the correct server & port and that your internet connection is functioning properly. "telnet servername port", if it works you should get a welcome message from the mailserver. If it can connect, then evolutio isn't the problem. --Bill