Did you have the script set to chmod 755?
This would also work in a .forward file, right?
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my (binary) 10 cents
MK

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, mjn wrote:

> > Piping to a script in /etc/mail/aliases (or wherever) is probably your easiest
> > solution.  Just pipe to a custom script in your language of choice (I'd use Perl
> > and Mail::Sendmail) that would gobble up the incoming mail, parse the alias
> > files and whatnot, and send the appropriate reply to the appropriate parties.  
> 
> Anyone know a safe and easy way to pipe an incoming mail to a script and
> have it run the script?  Right now sendmail is complaining that there is
> no recipient...
> 
> My Alias:
> script_test:    mjn,"|/etc/smrsh/old_host_notify"
> 
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