there are times when a refreshing, if a bit embarrassing "shock" from others is the only way out of a problem.
I can't remember how many times I DID check that string I had typed to be sure there were no typos before posting for help, but of course, it was 159, not 59, sorry. Thanks! of course, any comment on this is still welcome, as well as on any weakness in my server postconf -n output. Marco > 1) the control panel of my modem says my public IP address is 2.39.122.159 > 2) which is the same address that postfix in the server sees, cfr the log > above > 3) but if I ask http://www.whatismyip.com/ what my current public IP > address is, I get a _different_ value 108.162.231.39