On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, G.-B. Hauck wrote:
> The "external" exim:
> 2000-07-18 14:00:28 exim 3.13 daemon started: pid=10473, -q10m, listening
> for SMTP on port 26
> 2000-07-18 14:00:50 13EW3O-0002j2-00 <= root@??? H=localhost
> (server1.local) [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=477 id=E13EW3O-0002j0-00@???
> for gbhauck@???
<and nothing further, though the mail is transferred>
Is this a permissions problem?
> Second (other) Problem:
> Exim is working/transfering and so i installed (in my outgoing/port 26 exim)
> a system-wide filter (as in FAQ 9810/11) for saving outgoing mails in a
> file. My filter-File:
> # Exim filter <<====== diese Zeile NICHT AENDERN ODER LOESCHEN !
>
> if error_message then finish endif
> if
> first_delivery and
> $h_from: contains lmt-berlin.de
> then
> unseen save
> /tmp/georg-test-${substr_0_7:$tod_log}
> endif
>
> It works ONLY IF I DON'T CHANGE THE USER (in the transport-definition). The
> file is owned by mail.mail - but i would like to put it in the
> "sekretary"-Homefolder :-|
> If i change the user, no file is written (if the file already exists, no
> data is appended)...
That definitely looks like a permissions problem. You need to set
message_filter_file_transport to point to a special transport, and then
set user= on that transport to the user you want.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
