If I run the cat pipe command as root, things work. If I run the command as a normal local user(admin), I get the same problem (maildrop: signal 0x06) So it seems like a permission problem? How/where can I pinpoint this? Below is some info/diag:

/mail:/usr/local/var/dspam # cat purge* | maildrop -V 10 -d kjoh...@fixertec.net maildrop: authlib: groupid=1010 maildrop: authlib: userid=2008 maildrop: authlib: logname=kjoh...@fixertec.net, home=/usr/local/virtual/fixertec.net/kjohnson/, mail=/usr/local/virtual/fixertec.net/kjohnson/ maildrop: Changing to /usr/local/virtual/fixertec.net/kjohnson/ Message start at 0 bytes, envelope sender=kjoh...@fixertec.net maildrop: Attempting .mailfilter maildrop: Delivery complete. mail:/usr/local/var/dspam # su dspam dspam@mail:~> cat purge* | maildrop -V 10 -d kjoh...@fixertec.net maildrop: authlib: groupid=1010 maildrop: authlib: userid=2008 maildrop: signal 0x06 dspam@mail:~> cat purge* | maildrop -V 10 maildrop: Changing to /usr/local/var/dspam Message start at 0 bytes, envelope sender=dspam maildrop: Attempting .mailfilter maildrop: Delivering to /var/mail/dspam maildrop: Flock()ing /var/mail/dspam. maildrop: Appending to /var/mail/dspam. maildrop: Delivery complete. dspam@mail:~> su admin Password: admin@mail:/usr/local/var/dspam> cat purge* | maildrop -V 10 -d kjoh...@fixertec.net maildrop: authlib: groupid=1010 maildrop: authlib: userid=2008 maildrop: signal 0x06 admin@mail:/usr/local/var/dspam> / Any ideas? //