James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >lopera wrote: >:Follow the intructions contents in the qmail-howto.html to compile the >:rules file: /etc/tcp.stmp. >:tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp > >When I go to the directory "/usr/local/bin" and type your suggestion: > >./tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp > >I still get the same error: >tcprules: fatal: unable to parse this line: 127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" >/usr/local/sbin/qmail cdb > >I'm confused. Why? He just told you to do exactly what "qmail cdb" does, and it did exactly the same thing. Why should tcprules suddenly like /etc/tcp.smtp if it hasn't been changed? What does: od -c /etc/tcp.smtp say? -Dave