I am still struggling to get my little private network working and to understand my problems I have the following question. My server (with 2 ethernet cards)is connected to the ISP with a fixed IP# and name "stremen.xs4all.nl" to the internet world. My workstation uses a private lan (192.168.1.x) and is named namely "corrente" in /etc/hosts etc files. The question is, can I name my private domain as I like it, e.g, can I call my workstation "corrente.stroom.net", and my server (as seen from corrente) "stremen-int.stroom.net"? Or do I have to give all my workstations (only 1:-) names which relate to "stremen.xs4all.nl". And thus my workstation would become something like "corrente.stremen.xs4all.nl"? This question is relevant to me, because I am using the first option at present, and it does not work: I cannot send mail from "charles@stremen.xxxx" to "charles@corrente.xxxx", where xxxx is any form of "stroom" or "stroom.net" etc. Charles Stroom email: charles@stremen.xs4all.nl url: http://www.xs4all.nl/~stremen