>
> I have installed exim v1.82 on redhat linux.
>
> The hostname is mail
> The domain is cis.co.uk
>
> I have defined users using the control panel and mail files have been
> created for these users in /var/spool/mail.
> I have set the sticky bit for /var/spool/mail.
> I have amended the local_delivery transport in the exim configuration file
> as follows:
> local_delivery:
> driver=appendfile
> file=/var/spool/mail/${local_part}
>
> By executing 'exim -bP' I can verify that local_domains = mail.cis.co.uk
> By executing' exim -brw username' I can verify that all the addresses would
> be set to username@???
> By executing 'exim -v -bt username' I get the following:
> username@???
> local delivery to username in domain mail.cis.co.uk
> director = localuser, transport = local_delivery
>
> Why is it that when I send a mail message to username@??? it just
> sits in the exim input spool directory and doesn't get delivered to the
> user's mail file in /var/spool/mail?
>
> I've never set up a mail server before and know that I've probably forgotten
> something really basic but for the life of me I can't see what it is.
>
> Could someone please advise me?
Just a hunch - but do you have local_domains set? A useful value might
be:
local_domains = *.cis.co.uk, mail.cis.co.uk, cis.co.uk
My understanding of this directive is that it tells exim what mail should
be considered 'final' delivery on a given box.
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