>Hi,
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>I have never done this before since my linux mail/web server is local. I assume your using a telnet client that handles SSL. To avoid confusion and keep thing simple, I would ask the ISP for the IP address, username, and password needed to access the Linux DNS. Also, I would make sure he provided the su password so I could have superuser privileges to administer the linux DNS. I would avoid login on to either the mail server or DNS using the root user. Instead, I would login as a normal user and when needed I would become the superuser. I would maintain two profiles on the telnet client so I could easily know whether I was connected to the mail server or DNS, or I could have two session open at the same time and switch between the mail server and DNS. It seen like this would make the log files easier to read.

Hey, Doug, it looks like I don't need to respond! :-)