Re: [Exim] never_users = root if exim_user != root ?

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Author: Andromeda
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Subject: Re: [Exim] never_users = root if exim_user != root ?
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:35:45 +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> It's always a matter of preference. It's just a safety catch to ensure
> it will *never* do a local delivery as root, whatever you do to the rest
> of the configuration.

Now the question remains... is it a good thing to let it run as root for
local delivery? How would one deliver mail to the root user (as the
administrator of the machine)?

Andromeda

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