Thanks for reading this OT message. I've subed to the Amavis list, but hours later, I've had no confirmation! qmail is working just fine. Installed AMaVis per INSTALL & README.qmail. After making the symlinks to /usr/sbin/scanmails, I get the following error message in syslog: Feb 23 11:33:59 mail qmail: 982928039.242542 delivery 1: success: DSorry,_I_couldn't_find_any_host_named_--._(#5.1.2)/ Feb 23 11:35:41 mail qmail: 982928141.394389 delivery 2: success: DSorry,_I_couldn't_find_any_host_named_--._(#5.1.2)/ I have checked the rights to scanmails, and the symlinks and that hasn't fixed the problem. This error msg happens via qmail-inject and telnetting into 25. Removing the symlinks and rename the qmail-*-real files back to qmail-* brings the system back online. Any thoughts?? TIA .mark -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E/IT/O d- s+ a C++++$ L++++$> P+++$> L++ E--- W-- N+ o K- w-- !O M- !V PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP t+ !5 X R- tv b+++ DI+ D- G e++ h--- r+++ z++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ 1.79x10^12 furlongs per fortnight -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law!! use Disclaimer; my $opinion_only;