Andrey Panin wrote:
> i'm trying to force my exim 3.36 installation to deliver mail to
> maildir format mailboxes.
If you want to *force* Exim to deliver to Maildir, you have to upgrade
to Exim 4.14. Previous versions will decide whether to deliver to a dir
or a file depending on whether the slash at the end of the filename is
present or not.
> But every attempt to send mail to local user fails with this message:
>
> 2003-04-16 16:49:06 195mLa-0000VO-00 == /home/pazke/Maildir \
> <pazke@???> T=address_file defer (13): \
> Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post \
> /home/pazke/Maildir.lock.imp.3e9d5142.0000079f (euid=8 egid=8)
>
> /home/pazke/Maildir has 0770 permissions? owner pazke, group mail.
>
> Can some tell me whrer the problem is located ?
You have to say /home/pazke/Maildir/ (note the trailing slash).
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Kirill Miazine, Stud. Jur.
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
