On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Daniel Zuidema wrote:
> I created a new user and when I try to send mail it gives me something like the
> question in the faq:
>
> Q0506: Whenever Exim tries to do a local delivery, it gives a permission denied
> error for the .forward file, like this:
>
> 1998-08-10 16:55:32 0z5y2W-0000B8-00 == xxxx@??? <xxxx@???>
> D=userforward defer (-1): failed to open /home/xxxx/.forward
> (userforward director): Permission denied (euid=1234 egid=101)
Look at the permissions on /home, /home/xxxx, and /home/xxxx/.forward.
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