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Let G be a group which splits as G=Fn∗G1∗...∗Gk, where every Gi is freely indecomposable and not isomorphic to the group of integers. Guirardel and Levitt generalised the Culler- Vogtmann Outer space of a free group by introducing an Outer space for G as above, on which Out(G) acts by isometries. Francaviglia and Martino introduced the Lipschitz metric for the Culler- Vogtmann space and later for the general Outer space. In a joint paper with Francaviglia and Martino, we prove that the group of isometries of the Outer space corresponding to G , with respect to the Lipschitz metric, is exactly Out(G). In this talk, we will describe the construction of the general Outer space and the corresponding Lipschitz metric in order to present the result about the isometries.