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I'll copy this back to the list
On Friday 20 December 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote:
..
> >>>On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote:
> >>>>Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has:
> >>>>
> >>>>local_delivery:
> >>>> driver = appendfile
> >>>> group = mail
> >>>> mode = 0660
> >>>> mode_fail_narrower = false
> >>>> envelope_to_add = true
> >>>> return_path_add = true
> >>>> file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
> >>>>
> >>>>but mutt tells me that /var/spool/mail/paul is not a mailbox.
> >>>
> >>>what does: ls /var/mail/paul tell you? is it a file, or a directory?
> >>
> >>It's a valid mail file according to /usr/bin/mail
> >
> >What are the file access rights. It should have set the user to "paul"
> > and the group to "mail" (user is set in the director that directs it to
> > local_delivery) but if its not then it might not be readable
>
> -rw-r----- 1 paul mail 5856 Dec 20 10:37
> /var/spool/mail/paul
> I haven't changed what was installed. I now wonder what the
> relationship between the 640 here and the 660 in exim.conf. Is group
> write necessary?
I don't think exim was the last programme to write to the file - it would have
set the mode to 660.
[or at least if its local_delivery that is delivering the file. It could be
being delivered by another route - for instance procmail?]
I am a little confused by what you are using in your mail chain after all the
advice. The simplest this is
Fetchmail ->smtp->exim->/var/spool/mail/paul->mutt
but for instance, I do
fetchmail ->smtp->exim (as MTA)->pipe->spamassassin->exim(as
sendmail)->$HOME/Maildir->courier->pop3->kmail
So you can end up with quite a range of things getting in the way.
>
> >>What process does that substitution?
> >
> >Its all inside exim its part of recognising the e-mail address and
> >manipulating it.
>
> That now makes sense.
>
> See my answer to David for other information.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
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