>I think two things. >One, "\n" is probably wrong. Try "\012" or "\015\012". >Also, EHLO wants a hostname, although you should still >get a response. So maybe: > > print Seraph "EHLO my.host.domain\012"; I tried both, and neither worked. The system doesn't die, but it hangs sort of eternally. =) I don't think the problem is in the SENDING of EHLO, but in recieving the next arguement. Could that be it? ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch