Hello i finally got the problem. i tried to delete and re-add another domain with a "-" in it. and it worked. under the new version of vpopmail. so it was not that problem.
i then thought about, what the heck is the difference between haller-systemservice.net and all the others? sure, it is my main / master domain. it was in all defaultdomain and me-files. so i removed all entries from these files, except for localhost. now it works. main:/var/qmail/control # cat defaultdomain localhost main:/var/qmail/control # cat plusdomain localhost main:/var/qmail/control # cat me localhost main:/var/qmail/control # cat helohost localhost main:/var/qmail/control # main:/var/qmail/control # /etc/init.d/init.d/qmail restart Restarting qmail: * Stopping qmail-smtpd. * Sending qmail-send SIGTERM and restarting. * Restarting qmail-smtpd. main:/var/qmail/control # grep systemservice.net * rcpthosts:haller-systemservice.net virtualdomains:haller-systemservice.net:haller-systemservice.net before the removal, there were several entries in the plusdomain, defaultdomain, me and helohost files with "main.haller-systemservice.net" or "haller-systemservice.net" because this is the fqdn of the server. after removing the whole bunch, it works. it was not a problem of permissions or with vpopmail. MRH> Hi vpopmail mailing list, MRH> i have this problem and i hope someone can help me fast, because after MRH> an update to 5.3.23, i cannot add any domains. MRH> vadddomain always crashed with an segmentation fault. i debugged it MRH> and the segfaults were caused by two free(in_domain) and another MRH> free(..). i commented them out and recompiled, so i could create the MRH> necc. domain directories. MRH> NOW the problem is, that he does not seem to recognize the directory. MRH> i can add successfully the domain with MRH> /home/vpopmail/bin/vadddomain haller-systemservice.net SECRETPW MRH> i can also get the infos: MRH> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MRH> main:/home/vpopmail/domains/haller-systemservice.net # /home/vpopmail/bin/vuserinfo [EMAIL PROTECTED] MRH> name: info MRH> passwd: $1$fJye;$2x5VjC3f4XGvatfafLffx. MRH> clear passwd: SECRETPW MRH> uid: 1 MRH> gid: 0 MRH> gecos: info MRH> all services available MRH> dir: /home/vpopmail/domains/haller-systemservice.net/info MRH> quota: 100000000S,1000C MRH> usage: 0% MRH> last auth: Mon Aug 11 20:03:38 2003 MRH> last auth ip: 217.230.89.187 MRH> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MRH> but the mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets always bounces: MRH> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MRH> @400000003f37d9503b11ece4 new msg 66136 MRH> @400000003f37d9503b120c24 info msg 66136: bytes 1137 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 10859 uid 502 MRH> @400000003f37d9503b8a8014 starting delivery 165: msg 66136 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] MRH> @400000003f37d9503b8a9f54 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 MRH> @400000003f37d9503b8aa33c delivery 165: failure: Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/ MRH> @400000003f37d9503b8aab0c status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 MRH> @400000003f37d9510048f1d4 bounce msg 66136 qp 10862 MRH> @400000003f37d95100490d2c end msg 66136 MRH> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MRH> i have another domain haller-systemservice.de which i created before MRH> the update. this domain works fine. MRH> i checked the file permissions on the files in the directory MRH> /home/vpopmail/domains/haller-systemservice.net/ with the same files MRH> in the directory MRH> /home/vpopmail/domains/haller-systemservice.de/ MRH> they are the same, but it does not work. please help MRH> main:/ # ll /home/vpopmail/domains/haller-systemservice.net MRH> total 17 MRH> drwxr-xr-x 4 vpopmail vchkpw 256 Aug 11 19:27 . MRH> drwxr-xr-x 17 vpopmail vchkpw 640 Aug 11 19:12 .. MRH> -rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Aug 11 19:27 .dir-control MRH> -rwxr-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 69 Aug 11 19:58 .qmail-default MRH> -rw-r-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Aug 11 19:27 .vpasswd.lock MRH> drwxr-xr-x 3 vpopmail vchkpw 96 Aug 11 19:27 info MRH> drwxr-xr-x 3 vpopmail vchkpw 96 Aug 11 19:12 postmaster MRH> -rw-r-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 264 Aug 11 19:27 vpasswd MRH> -rw-r-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2356 Aug 11 19:27 vpasswd.cdb MRH> main:/ # ll /home/vpopmail/domains/haller-systemservice.de MRH> total 17 MRH> drwxr-xr-x 5 vpopmail vchkpw 288 Aug 11 17:21 . MRH> drwxr-xr-x 17 vpopmail vchkpw 640 Aug 11 19:12 .. MRH> -rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Aug 11 17:21 .dir-control MRH> -rw-r-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 96 Aug 11 16:10 .qmail-default MRH> drwx--xr-x 2 vpopmail vchkpw 176 Aug 6 19:57 .spamassassin MRH> -rw-r-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Mar 12 21:09 .vpasswd.lock MRH> drwxr-xr-x 3 vpopmail vchkpw 96 Mar 11 14:23 info MRH> drwxr-xr-x 3 vpopmail vchkpw 96 Mar 11 14:22 postmaster MRH> -rw-r-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 264 Mar 12 21:09 vpasswd MRH> -rw-r-xr-x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2356 Mar 12 21:09 vpasswd.cdb -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen Mike Robin Haller mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]