I have a file in /var/qmail/alias called .qmail-abuse containing the single line
postmaster The permissions on the file are... -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 11 Nov 25 04:21 /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-abuse and /etc/passwd contains... alias:x:501:502::/var/qmail/alias:/bin/bash However, sending mail using "mail abuse" results in a bounce... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. vpopmail (#5.1.1) Sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from outside via SMTP gives... 511 sorry, no mailbox here by that name (#5.1.1 - chkuser) Did I misunderstand how aliases work? -- Nikki Locke, Trumphurst Ltd. PC & Unix consultancy & programming http://www.trumphurst.com/