I think the sendmail package maintainer needs to do something about mailer.local (like remove it?), but I would strongly suggest that you install procmail and use it as your local delivery agent instead of mailer.local . Thanks Bruce -- -- Attention Ham Radio Operators: For information on "Linux for Hams", read -- the World Wide Web page http://www.hams.com/LinuxForHams, or e-mail to -- info@hams.com .