By doing the -I transition no one could connect to my server anymore. Knowing that I had a bunch of rules such as [root@linux root]# iptables -L INPUT Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination DROP all -- YahooBB219000000000.bbtec.net/8 anywhere DROP all -- AAnnecy-204-1-27-120.w81-249.abo.wanadoo.fr anywhere DROP all -- 61.178.0.0/16 anywhere DROP all -- 53-bem-10.acn.waw.pl anywhere DROP all -- 216.155.64.0/19 anywhere RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:pop3 That did not work No one could connect for POP or SMTP. What is wrong with that config? Thanks