On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Philip Hazel wrote:
> > Certainly our current configuration, checking for forward files and
> > so on, accesses home directories via NFS with root-squash enabled,
> > so without this option, our current mechanism wouldn't work.
>
> I was explicitly talking about require_files. Do you use that option
> for your forwarding? I was not talking about accessing forward files -
> in Exim 4 those will normally be accessed in a process running as the
> user, and should continue to work as now (but more safely, in fact).
Ah - actually, checking again, I realise I made a minor mistake...
We do use the require_files option, but in our user_vacation director
(looking for ~/tripnote - don't ask, a historical PP thing!), not the
our userforward director.
That will also be going this Summer, but currently we do use the
'$local_part:...' syntax.
- Bob
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