> not even...bill joy? Hum... > remember the part where i said, "make sure the 2nd rule comes *before* > any outbound SNAT/MASQ rule that is less specific"...i do--man, those > were good times. > anyways, since you match all 192.168.0.0/16 traffic with the MASQ rule, > the SNAT rule for 192.168.254.3 will never be matched. > > translation: put the dang SNAT rule for the mail server first. > Ah - thanks - I am SURE I tried that..... Anyway this now works with: $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ${INET_IFACE} -s $DMZ_MAIL_IP -p tcp --dport 25 -j SNAT --to-source $MAIL_INET_ALIAS Many, many, many thanks. Greg > -j > > -- > "Lois: I'll be just like Hillary Clinton, only you know, without the > penis." > --Family Guy > >