Hi Austin, Oh. . . . . I wish I could! I've been trying for months. Every which way I turn seems to be too difficult for me to resolve! Dovecote, postfix, sendmail - I've tried them all. Linux variants, brand versions, iffy patches, old, out-of-date web posts and documentation - doesn't it just add up to barrel 'o fun? I'd even pay - if I could find someone who knew what they were talking about! The nearest I have got to a working SMTP server, accepted mail but then spat them back out again because I did not have an LDAP sever that mail could be authenticated against. And LDAP - what a nightmare! All I wanted was a small integrated POP/SMTP/DB server that I can use for half-a-dozen local users. Just like my lovely cuddly hMail that I've been using for years. Regards, Martin (and any ideas will be more than welcome!)