I resolved the problem by stopping IPTables on my POP3 server, and now I am able to telnet to 110 successfully. I was sure I tried this already but I must have missed something. It is working now, thanks to everyone who replied. Rgds Raj Atwal ______________________________ Raj Atwal ______________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list