If he changed the home directories to a different partition, it's likely the home paths have changed..? This could affect /home/vpopmail (although I don't think you'd be getting as far as you are if that was the case). You say the MySQL tables look "OK", but did you verify the home directory listed in the pw_dir column goes to the current home directories? yes I believe that's ok mysql> select pw_name, pw_dir from vpopmail -> ; +------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | pw_name | pw_dir | +------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | postmaster | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/postmaster | | jodip | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/jodip | | pmel | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/pmel | | info | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/info | | dhunter | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/dhunter | | sermons | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/sermons | | peidsness | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/peidsness | | angies | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/angies | | pt | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/pt | | postmaster | /web/vpopmail/domains/mountaintop.org/postmaster | | troy | /web/vpopmail/domains/mountaintop.org/troy | | postmaster | /web/vpopmail/domains/garysgunshop.com/postmaster | | garys | /web/vpopmail/domains/garysgunshop.com/garys | | shannons | /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/shannons axistance and perms: lyback:/web/remoteautomation/www/software# ll /web/vpopmail/domains/ total 12 drwx------ 4 vpopmail vpopmail 4096 Apr 3 09:15 garysgunshop.com/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Mar 27 21:41 holycrossluthchurch.com -> /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Mar 27 21:41 holycrossluthchurch.org -> /web/vpopmail/domains/holycrosslutheranchurch.org/ drwx------ 12 vpopmail vpopmail 4096 Jun 24 17:20 holycrosslutheranchurch.org/ drwxr-xr-x 5 vpopmail vpopmail 4096 May 14 21:03 mountaintop.org/ flyback:/web/remoteautomation/www/software# ls -lAFd drwxr-sr-x 3 root www-data 4096 Apr 11 16:30 ./ flyback:/web/remoteautomation/www/software# ls -lAFd /web/vpopmail/domains/ drwx------ 5 vpopmail vpopmail 4096 May 14 21:02 /web/vpopmail/domains// any other thoughts ?