I am running a firewall/gateway box. 2 nics, eth0 on a dsl dhcp eth1 on 192.168.1.1 I amtrying to setup a backup MX server so i need to open up 25,110 ( pop imap smtp) /etc/shorewall/rules # Let the friggin smtp postfix work # ACCEPT net fw tcp 110 ACCEPT fw net tcp 110 ACCEPT net fw tcp 25 ACCEPT fw net tcp 25 I have tried replacing everything in between. I can nmap from another linux box these ports and it states they are closed, but 22 ssh is open # Accept SSH connections from the local network for administration # ACCEPT loc fw tcp 22 ACCEPT net fw tcp 22 # ANy help appreciated. I am also using no-ip.com for my dyndns server /etc/hosts shows 192.168.1.1 xkmail ibm.xkmail.hopto.org my postfix is running, jsut not, allowed to open up. This is my nmap output: [root@ibm root]# nmap -p 25 4.11.105.55 Starting nmap 3.55 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-01-03 21:16 PST Interesting ports on wbar8.lax1-4-11-105-055.dsl-verizon.net (4.11.105.55): PORT STATE SERVICE 25/tcp closed smtp -- Kevin and Martha Brown Dynamic Management 11448 Brawley Rd RR 395-3 Oak Hills, CA 92345 760-956-9359 kevin@xkmail.com