thanks to claudio jeker for this. i changed my /var/qmail/rc file from: #!/bin/sh exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \ qmail-start "`cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery`" to: #!/bin/sh exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \ LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/openldap/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \ qmail-start "`cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery`" qmail-send now starts successfully, queries my ldap server, and so forth. thanks for the assistance, blair
