hi all,

ive put

thisisatest:    "|/tmp/test.pl"

in my /etc/aliases file and 'newalises'ed it

when i send mail to here, it bounces as below. how do i make it run my
very simple prog? btw: the prog runs fine from the command prompt

snip
-----
   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
"| /tmp/test.pl"
    (expanded from: thisisatest)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
sh: test.pl not available for sendmail programs
554 "| /tmp/test.pl"... Service unavailable
-----
snip
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