That was it bill - thank you so much.
i'm not exactly sure how/why the .qmail-postmaster file was blank, but once that was remedied, everything now seems to work across all the domains. thanks again for all your help and patience. --chris >Check to see if the domain is listed in locals. If so, then qmail-local >will first look in the alias home directory (/var/qmail/alias) to look for >.qmail files, like .qmail-postmaster. If this is the case, make sure you >put an appropriate entry in .qmail-postmaster. > >If the domain is not in locals, make sure it is in virtual domains, and, >as is the case with vpopmail, the domain's user is setup in >/var/qmail/usrers/assign, and that that directory path is setup, and that >the postmater account exists. Also make sure that /var/qmail/users/cdb >is up to date by running /var/qmail/bin/qmail-newu. > >Going through the above steps should help you understand why qmail-local >can't chdir into the appropriate Maildir. > >Regards, > >Bill >