Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM!nsb From: nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: Problem with posting to bulletin boards. Message-ID: Date: 1 Mar 90 14:43:13 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 19 Hmm... One obvious possibility is that "test" is already a legitimate user id or global or personal alias on your system. Another possibility is that you've got AMS_OnlyMail: 1 set in your configuration, though I don't *think* that would explain this one. Another possibility is that you don't have your *.mspath preference right. I suggest trying the following: Run the cui program and type: set level wizard set term 0 set debug 0 0 0 -1 whois test The "whois" command is simply a test/probe into the address validation routines. Doing this with messagserver debugging turned on will produce some voluminous output. If the output doesn't make the problem clear, then you could at least post the output to this mailing list and it is more likely that someone will be able to diagnose it better. Good luck. -- Nathaniel