Re: [Exim] permissions on .forward file

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 09:01:20PM +0100, Nico Erfurth wrote:
> Dan Rue wrote:
> >I have an interesting scenario that I need help with -
> >
> >I set up a few email accounts and I immediatly created a .forward file
> >in the home directories. Only problem is they were root:root - I forgot
> >to chown them.
> >
> >When that user with a root:root .forward file receives an email, it
> >seems to disappear. It does not bounce back, and it is not in /var/mail
> >
> >I had this happen to some potentially important messages - so where are
> >they?
> >
> >FYI: exim 3.35 on a debian woody box

I had a similar problem when someone had a configuration option
spelled incorrectly in their forward file.

Try running mailq, it should show you if there are any messages that
have been frozen due to a .forward file problem...