On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Kirill Miazine wrote:
> >From doc/ChangeLog
>
> 8. Give configuration error if "maildir_format" or "mailstore_format"
> is specified for appendfile without specifying "directory".
>
> That made my configuration unusable. I use Exim filters to store my
> messages into Maildirs, so "directory" is obtained from the filterfile
> and now Exim gives configuration error because I don't set directory
> option on my address_dir transport.
Aarrgghh! That change was made at the suggestion of a user who had
tripped up and taken a long time to find the problem.
>
> address_dir:
> driver = appendfile
> return_path_add
> envelope_to_add
> delivery_date_add
> maildir_format
> create_directory
> maildir_tag = ,S=$message_size
> message_prefix =
> message_suffix =
>
> What should I do?
1. Delete lines 328-334 in transports/appendfile.c.
OR
2. Add "directory = /" to the transport. It will be ignored.
For the next release, I'll move the new test from the initialization
stage to the point where it really matters.
Philip
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