Hi; I tried this: [root at mydomain ccc]# telnet 127.0.0.1 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. EHLO MAIL FROM: me at gmail.com RCPT TO: me at gmail.com DATA testing from server . ^] but I never get back to a command prompt. Please advise. TIA, John