On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:37:49AM -0400, Alistair Tonner wrote: > I'm wondering if that pop3 server is trying to do an identd check on the > connection that is getting *b0rked* with the firewall up. Try that dump > again and loosen the filter a tad. i'd second that notion. setup the OUTPUT chain to allow everything and see if that fixes it. if it does--figure out what traffic you need to be allowing out to prevent the delay. -j -- "Peter: We love the Bible in this house. Francis: Really. What's your favorite book of the Bible? Peter: Uhhhhh... the book where Jesus swallows the puzzle piece and the man in the yellow hat has to take him to the hospital." --Family Guy