Re: simple exim configuration

[Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>]

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On Friday 20 December 2002 8:03 pm, Paul Scott wrote:
> David H. Clymer 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




> >${local_part} is taken from the recipiant's email address. if someone
> >sent you an email (to: paul@foo.com) the exim splits up the address on
> >the @ and sets two variables:
> >
> >local_part: paul
> >domain: foo.com
>
> What process does that substitution?


Its all inside exim its part of recognising the e-mail address and 
manipulating it.



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Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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