I can use apache locally but I can't access it from the internet. Here is what I tried. I put ALL:ALL in my hosts/etc/.allow file. That didn't fix it. I put all: .interfree.ca in my /etc/hosts.allow file and still it didn't work. It isn't a router problem because my Windows http server works. The only thing i do is change the DMZ in my router to point to the Linux machine so that should work. What is interesting is that my exim can send locally, receive local mail, send remotely but can't receive remote mail. I wonder if it is related? I am open to ideas on how to debug this. Rejean Proulx Visit my family at http://interfree.ca MSN is: rejp at rogers.com Ham License VA3REJ