Hi Folks, I think my firewall has been turned up side down. Sendmail log reports the following message: Nov 26 12:51:22 internet sendmail[24572]: MAA24570: to=<farhan@dapsys.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=virtual, relay=dapsys.com, stat=Sent ./var/log/maillog Sure farhan is NOT configured as mail user. This is the message I received : its time for namaz i'll meet you in night and i have to complete my project as well,by hook or crook Warna pata nahi kiya hoga.......... Funny, hein ? Now, my DNS log is reporting since Friday the following error messages: Nov 26 22:04:32 internet named[481]: Lame server on 'CAI.EDU.CN' (in 'CAI.EDU.CN'?): [202.205.160.3].53 'ULTRA1.SECCET.EDU.CN' Nov 27 09:28:24 internet named[481]: Response from unexpected source ([152.163.159.243].53) Nov 27 09:33:47 internet named[481]: Lame server on '191.101.9.192.in-addr.arpa' (in '101.9.192.in-addr.arpa'?): [192.9.48.3].53 'NS.USEC.SUN.COM' Nov 27 09:33:47 internet named[481]: Lame server on '191.101.9.192.in-addr.arpa' (in '101.9.192.in-addr.arpa'?): [192.9.9.6].53 'NS-OS.SUN.COM' Nov 27 09:33:47 internet named[481]: Lame server on '191.101.9.192.in-addr.arpa' (in '101.9.192.in-addr.arpa'?): [192.9.9.3].53 'NS.SUN.COM' Nov 27 09:33:47 internet named[481]: Lame server on '191.101.9.192.in-addr.arpa' Nov 27 09:21:03 internet named[481]: Response from unexpected source ([212.4.9.49].53) Nov 27 09:21:27 internet named[481]: Response from unexpected source ([205.188.157.242].53) Questions: a) Some keys to understand how that e-mail was delivered. b) What means Lame server ? c) What means Response from unexpected source ? Anyway, my firewall will be powered off and rebuilt with new security filters. Thanks in advance. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org