bin/mail on osf5 / DU5.0 / Compaq trucluster64. tru64 binmail cannot take the -f switch, as -f means something different here than it means to the system 7 syntax as given in all the /var/qmail/boot examples. I have determined that I can get a successful qmail delivery using OS-proved /bin/mail with this /var/qmail/rc file: #!/bin/sh # Using splogger to send the log through syslog. # Using binmail to deliver messages to /var/spool/mail/$USER by default. # on tru64 bin/mail, -f is a switch to specify an alternate mbox file # so use -d only exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \ qmail-start \ '|preline -f /bin/mail -d "$USER"' \ splogger qmail _______________________________________________________ David Nicol 816.235.1187 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enough already, Noam Chomsky for president