Greetings,

I am running FreeBSD 4.5, qmail 1.0.3, vpopmail 5.3.9 (with seekable option set to Yes, if it matters) and things have been working quite well. I recently want to try out maildrop 1.5.0 (for using SpamProbe).

=== The following original environment works as expected ===

server# cat /var/vpopmail/domains/achan.com/.qmail-default | /var/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail '' bounce-no-mailbox

=== The following most simple "wrapper" filter doesn't work ===

server# cat /var/vpopmail/domains/achan.com/.qmail-default | /usr/local/bin/maildrop -V 5 filter_file

server# cat /var/vpopmail/domains/achan.com/filter_file CMD='| /var/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail "" bounce-no-mailbox'

exception { to "$CMD" }

=== The following are the error messages ====

I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

<ach...@achan.com>: Message start at 0 bytes, envelope sender=vpopmail maildrop: Attempting filter_file default-filter(1): CMD='/var/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail "" bounce-no-mailbox' default-filter(2): Trapping exceptions. maildrop: Delivering to | /var/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail "" bounce-no-mailbox Unable to execute /nonexistent maildrop: Delivery complete. default-filter(2): Trapped exception. maildrop: Delivering to /var/mail/vpopmail maildrop: Appending to /var/mail/vpopmail. maildrop: Delivery complete.

One thing to note is that /nonexistent is the shell of the "vpopmail" user.

Any pointers will be most appreciated.

Many thanks!