Well, you could always change QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-scanner-queue" ; export QMAILQUEUE
To this QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue" ; export QMAILQUEUE And bypass the scanner logic on valid auth Couldn't you? ;-> Otherwise, it would appear you need to better understand qmail and your servers' software setups. - rh