Hi, I use microsoft outlook to read and send mails from my linux server over tcp/ip connection through modem and tel lines ... so, though i can now retrive my mails from the linux server , it still takes lot of time in sending even a single line of message ... I used the ip address of my machine for the SMTP field required in outlook. I guess that the ip address for sendmail still is not resolved and that takes the time ... plus since i just reinstalled the linux (red hat 6) you can expect the standard sendmail... ( i havent fiddled with it .) Thanks a lot Regards, Gaurav. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.