Vadtec: > Oct 20 18:18:09 example postfix/local[5396]: warning: unable to create > lock file /path/to/my/script/parse.pl.lock: Permission denied
Postfix requires "|/path/to/my/script/parse.pl" if you want to EXECUTE the script. BTW Postfix will NOT execute the script with the privileges of the "postfix" user. It uses "nobody" by default. See: http://www.postfix.org/local.8.html Wietse