qmail template files and directory's according lwq-v2000-09-23.pdf with the following enabled : qmail-1.03 ucspi-tcp-0.88 daemontools-0.70 dot-forward-0.71 fastforward-0.51 installation : create the qmail user and group id's first and next do : cd /var tar xvzpf qmail-tmpl.tgz make sure /var/log/qmail and /var/log/qmail/smtpd exists : [wikiwork:root]:(~)# ls -ld /var/log/qmail drwxr-xr-x 3 qmaill root 4096 Jul 29 14:35 /var/log/qmail/ [wikiwork:root]:(~)# ls -ld /var/log/qmail/smtpd drwxr-x--- 2 qmaill root 4096 Jul 29 12:30 /var/log/qmail/smtpd/ and also check /etc/qmail and /etc/tcp.smtp and don't forget qmail.init which should be placed inside /usr/local/sbin/qmail and if needed inside /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail Robert M. Stockmann Thu Jul 29 15:03:55 CEST 2010