I'm still having a problem with getting mail from the outside world, but I can send mail out from root just fine. I'm thinking that maybe my problem has something to do with alias? Maybe if I understood HOW Qmail actually sees a user on a system to deliver mail, I'd better understand how to get this thing working. How does Qmail realize a user's Mailbox exists? Here is how I have my rcpthosts set: localhost ns.mydomain.com mydomain.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here is how I have my locals set: localhost ns.mydomain.com mydomain.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have nothing currently in virtualdomains If I send a qmail-inject to me locally, I've noticed that my .qmail (which has a forward in it) sends the mail to my forwarded address on another system. But.. if I remove the .qmail from my directory, the mail doesn't arrive to the Mailbox. Where does it go? Do I need to have something else in a .qmail file to get mail locally? Thanks. james