cjw0@??? said:
> 2000-04-26 21:10:20 12kfd6-0000AN-00 == chris@??? T=local_delivery
> defer (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post /var/
> spool/mail/chris.lock.va.cw0.net.3907bdac.00000285
Exim is unable to write a new file into /var/spool/mail due to
permissions problems. I've seen that typically happen with a mode 775
/var/spool/mail (ownership root.mail), in which case the transport
needs to look like this:-
local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
mode = 0660
The "group = mail" phrase is the vital one.
> Not only aren't the messages in the spool, but I can't find them
> anywhere on my workstation.
They should be in exim's queue - /var/spool/exim (in the input
subdirectory), on many systems - the exact spool dir can be discovered
by doing
/usr/sbin/exim -bP spool_directory
The messages should be visible to the mailq or "exim -bp" commands.
Nigel.
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