I have setup a postfix server and wanted to test the piping of mail to my perl script where i can make use of it and filter the mails.I wrote a test script for that which just logs the information in txt file. but i don't see any changes on sending the mail. My postconf-n output: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 debugger_command = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5 html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mail_owner = postfix mailbox_size_limit = 0 mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = yantratech.co.in, localhost.localdomain, localhost myhostname = tcmailer8.in mynetworks = 103.8.128.62, 103.8.128.69/101, 168.100.189.0/28, 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 myorigin = $mydomain newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/README_FILES recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/certs/tcmailer8.in.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhosts virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmaps virtual_minimum_uid = 1000 virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 here's my transport: [email protected] email_route my main.cf declaration: transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport my master.cf declaration: email_route unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=nobody argv=/etc/postfix/test.php -f $(sender) -- $(recipient) and my php script: #!/usr/bin/php <?php $fh = fopen('/etc/postfix/testmail.txt','a'); fwrite($fh, "Hello it works\n"); fclose($fh); ?> I am sending mails through telnet in localhost.