Well, found another post on this ... seems to be that depending on the way the MTA does the local delivery causes vacation (and only vacation) to work or not... Originally, I had this in my .mc file: define(`confLOCAL_MAILER', `cyrus')dnl ifdef(`CYRUS_MAILER_ARGS',, `define(`CYRUS_MAILER_ARGS', `deliver -e -f $f -m $h -- $u')') dnl MAILER(`cyrus')dnl After replacing this with: define(`confLOCAL_MAILER',`cyrusv2')dnl define(`CYRUSV2_MAILER_ARGS',`FILE /var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp')dnl MAILER(cyrusv2)dnl I finally got vacation replies from Cyrus ... -garry ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html