Hello, I have a simple question regarding routing of locally created packets. I have set up netfilter ''mark'' rules for all locally created IP packets with destination port number 25 with the following: iptables -A OUTPUT -t mangle -p tcp --dport 25 -j MARK --set-mark 1 I wish to set up specific routing entries for each locally created marked packet. I have tried this using iproute2, with no success. My question is do locally created packets initiate routing table lookups, if not how can I achieve routing for locally created packets. I''ve been trying for a week to do IP port forwarding on locally created packets in this way. any help would be great. ThanKs! Greg.