There are a couple things I need some help on before I would like to submit a mini howto/ summary in dealing with configuring your MTA to deliver mail thru a cox connection. 1. I would like a section on ipchains. David was kind enough to write the section for iptables, but the syntax for ipchains escapes me since I have not used either in years. Anyone? 2. I would also like to include a section for pfctl in OpenBSD. I understand both items 1 & 2 have nothing to do with configuring an MTA, but I believe David's suggestion/option for NAT should be included......and therefore pfctl for thoroughness. I have tried the following in pf rdr on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port 25 -> smtp.west.cox.net port 25 with no success (I even flushed my rules). It is my understanding I should not have to configure sendmail with the smarthost if the packets are redirected. v/r -mike