After enabling packet filtering and setting up filters to allow my mail in and out i can't get access to the internet from my windows 2000 server through Internet Explorer 5. I need access to the web from the server so my dns2go "http://www.dns2go.com"; program can up date itself. Wehn packet filtering is off i can get access to the web when it is on i can't. i only have the following allowences. !DNS filter Allow DNS lookup Default external IP address Any UDP Send receive All ports 53 !DNS2go Allow Custom filter Default external IP address Any TCP Outbound All ports 1277 !MSN Out Allow Custom filter Default external IP address Any TCP Both All ports 1863 !POP3 Both Allow Custom filter Default external IP address Any TCP Both All ports 110 !Smtp Out Allow Custom filter Default external IP address Any TCP Outbound All ports 25 If you could help me with this problem that would be great!