>
> I have a problem that seems minor but after a terrible day I
> seem lost.
>
> On my Exim (3.953) config file I have:
>
> # Exim user and those whose uids no delivery should occur.
>
> exim_user = mailnull
> exim_group = mail
> never_users = root : mailnull
>
> I was running a process as root and I wanted to send the
> results to my main acct
> on a machine where I read my mail.
>
> #do foo | bar | mail wash@??? &
>
> This completed but the mail never came. I then checked and
> realised that even the
> system mails to root never got delivered. So I tried the
You do have an alias for root?
> ultimate push...
>
> beastie# mailq
> 0m 349 16ZDL4-00012v-00 <root@???>
> wash@???
>
> beastie# exim -qff
> 2002-02-08 18:53:38 16ZDL4-00012v-00 User 26 set for
> remote_smtp transport is on the never_users list
> 2002-02-08 18:53:38 16ZDL4-00012v-00 == wash@???
> R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (-29): User 26 set for remote_smtp
> transport is on the never_users list
> beastie#
>
I guess what is happening is this:
When doing a remote delivery, exim wants to assume the identity
of mailnull, as stated by exim_user, but never_users forbids
that. I don't think you can specify the exim_user in never_users.
HTH,
Florian
