Re: [Exim] Linking files and directories

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Gareth Hopkins
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Linking files and directories
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Gareth Hopkins wrote:

>    I am getting the following error when linking a file to a
> directory outside of /var/mail.
> T=local_delivery defer (-4): mailbox /var/mail/g/gh/ghopkins is not a
> regular file

>
> The link is as follows
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 popmail  popmail       25 Oct 28 10:02 ghopkins ->
> /nfs01/mail/g/gh/ghopkins

>
> The drop file is as follows
> -rw-------   1 popmail  popmail     5814 Oct 28 09:59 ghopkins

>
>    Is there anyway of telling Exim to follow links and write to the
> drop file? 


Set allow_symlink in the appendfile transport. Note that this can be a
potential security exposure. It is better to configure Exim to write to
the final file directly.

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