Hi Moritz! > Here's the same problem; Exim establishs a internet connection because > of a DNS lookup. > > In both cases, the mail gets delivered correctly, but it should work > without establishing a internet connection. > > Can somebody please tell me what am I missing? Can they ping each other using names without doing DNS lookups? -- Sean Furey, a happy and satisfied Debian user. sean@furey.freeserve.co.uk