(Probably it's not a perl problem, but I didn't find anything on sendmail.org)

I'm writing this "free webmail" script, and I'm in the part of the delivery system. I want to send all the incoming mails to a script that will put the mails on a mysql database, or something.. So I put this on /etc/aliases:

free_mail: "|/usr/bin/deliver.pl user"

But when I send an e-mail, it bounces with this error:

sh: deliver.pl not available for sendmail programs
554 "|/usr/bin/deliver.pl user"... Service unavailable

Do I have to do anything special with the script? the script is very simple right now, something like: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

$user = $ARGV[0];
open(MB,">>/home/mailboxes/$user");

while ($line = <STDIN>) {
   print MB $line;
};

close(MB);

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Is there anything else I have to do to make it "available for sendmail programs"?

Thanks!

Ariel.

In reply to Using perl to deliver e-mails by Anonymous Monk

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