On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, dman wrote:
> 2001-12-22 22:25:54 16HzGs-0001Mj-00 == dsh8290@exim_qualified_domain
> D=userforward defer (-11): error in filter file:
> logwrite command not permitted when filter not running as user
For security, Exim allows logwrite only when it knows it has changed uid
to be the local user.
> With this message, exim is run from procmail which is run through my
> .forward file by sendmail.
... which is a hacked-up environment for which Exim was not designed.
The way these tests are done is different in Exim 4, but I cannot say
offhand whether it would work in your situation or not.
> Another not related question, can I use exim to add a Lines: header
> (if it is not already there) like procmail is doing now?
Exim can add headers via the headers_add option for transports and
directors and routers.
Without knowing what a Lines: header contains, I cannot say whether you
could add what procmail does.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
