On 2004-03-19 Andy Firman <andy@???> wrote:
[...]
> LOCAL_DELIVERY=mail_spool
> Yet the system continues to deliver to /home/user/Maildir !
[...]
> In my /etc/skel I have a Maildir directory and a .forward file which contains:
> coho:/etc/skel# cat .forward
> # Exim filter
> if $h_to: contains "anything" then
> save $home/Maildir/
> else
> save $home/Maildir/
> finish
> endif
--------
save $home/Maildir/
finish
--------
should be enough, shouldn't it?
> So it looks like the Exim Filter is taking care of business
> here right?
Yes. The LOCAL_DELIVERY macro only is used *as* default value, i.e.
the exim-filter or can procmail override it.
> Can I leave it like it is or should I make
> exim4.conf.template have: LOCAL_DELIVERY=maildir_home ??
> Just wondering if this will cause trouble down the road.
> The users will not be configuring their own Exim Filters.
A central setting might be easier to manage than dozens of filter
files and would protect you against a user accidentally deleting his
.forward. But there is no trouble lurking, the filter continue to
override the LOCAL_DELIVERY macro no matter what you set it to.
cu andreas
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