On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Tim Waugh wrote:
> The FAQ says to put 'group = mail' in the local_delivery transport
> configuration, but I have that:
>
> local_delivery:
> driver = appendfile
> group = mail
> mode = 0660
> mode_fail_narrower = false
> envelope_to_add = true
> file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
>
> Presumably though, I also need to adjust the address_file
> configuration section to match. Is this correct, and if so should it
> be mentioned in Q0201 in the FAQ?
It's only correct if for every user who uses "save" in a filter file,
you want the delivery to run under group mail instead of the user's
group. I rather suspect you don't.
> Incidentally, the reason this happens at all is that I have 'save
> /var/spool/mail/tim' in my .forward filter. Perhaps what I meant to
> ask was: is it guaranteed that 'deliver tim' won't loop? I'm pretty
> sure it is (tim is not an alias, it's a real address).
'deliver tim' will not loop.
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