Re: [Exim] Problems installing SpamAssassin with exim

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Author: dman
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Problems installing SpamAssassin with exim
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 07:26:37AM -0800, Greg Webster wrote:
| On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:02:22 -0800, Marc MERLIN <marc_news@???>
| wrote with a subject of "Re: [Exim] Problems installing SpamAssassin with
| exim":
| > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 09:13:57PM -0800, Greg Webster wrote:
| > > to ~greg/.forward:
| > > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #greg"
| > > (also tried it without the quotes. /usr/bin/procmail exists)
| >
| > Since you are using exim, you should use the exim procmail director and
| > avoid this monstruosity :-)

|
| Thanks, that definitely worked. Thanks :)

|
| > 1) you are not telling us what the errors are (why are the messages
| > held)?

|
| For the record, here's what I found in mainlog:

|
| 2002-04-02 21:09:41 16sd1h-0001kj-00 <= greg@???
| H=localhost.localdomain (poltergiest.gadgeteer.net) [127.0.0.1] P=smtp
| S=672 id=20020402210941.0cdc7003.greg@??? 2002-04-02 21:09:41
| 16sd1h-0001kj-00 == greg@??? <greg@???> D=userforward
| defer (-11): bad mode (0100664) for /home/greg/.forward: 020 bit(s)
| unexpected


Ahh, your .forward had the wrong permissions. The problem had nothing
to do with SA. exim is trying to protect you from others on your
system redirecting your mail to them (or somewhere) via your .forward.

-D

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