Lundie wrote: >
>
> Nico Erfurth wrote:
>
>> Lundie wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a slight problem. I have set up a .forward file (well atempted
>>> to!) and now unless I completely remove or rename the file I get the
>>> following error on each and every email...
>>>
>>> "R=userforward defer (-17): error in filter file: filtering not enabled"
>>>
>>> I have removed the comment in the exim configure file (allow_filtering)
>>
>>
>>
>> Did you really use allow_filtering? This isn't a valid option, it must
>> be allow_filter.
>
>
> You are correct - it is allow_filter. I have the router is as follows:
> userforward:
> driver = redirect
> check_local_user
> file = $home/.forward
> no_verify
> no_expn
> check_ancestor
> allow_filter
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> reply_transport = address_reply
>
> (all I did was take the '#' out)
You restarted exim after this?
Or at least send a SIGHUP?
The only occurence of the "filtering not enabled"-string in the source
(4.12) is where it checks for the filter beeing allowed or not.
