On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> ph10@??? said:
> } Because you are running a configuration that causes it to look for a
> } .forward file in the user's home directory. It does this as the user.
> } With the permissions set the way you have them, it cannot determine
> } whether a .forward file exists or not. Consequently, it cannot
> } deliver the mail.
>
> provos@??? said:
> } A user with no directory permission at all for the group and others
> } like
> } drwx------ 5 moebert usr 1024 Dec 18 10:01 moebert
>
> It *should* be able to read the file (unless the .forward is owned by
> someone else), or unless the exim config is set otherwise.
Thanks Nigel! I was talking utter nonsense there. Sorry. My excuse is
that people are coming and going around me, putting in telephone wiring,
fiddling with the phones, and generally being distracting (in the nicest
possible way, of course). Of course, it could just be old age and
general decay...
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