Re: [exim] allow_symlink

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: j.linn
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] allow_symlink
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, j.linn wrote:

> 2004-09-14 08:44:22 1C77zC-00072W-31 == u05ajs3@???
> R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (-21): appendfile: file or directory
> name ""/var/ugmail/63/u05ajs3/INBOX"" is not absolute
>
>
> It is true that "ugmail" is a symbolic link but I was allowing this (or
> thought I was).
>
> Anyone see what the problem is?


Note the double quotes in the file name in the error message.

>   file = ${if eq {$domain}{mailserv.ugrad.abdn.ac.uk} \
>     {"/var/ugmail/${nhash_127:$local_part}/$local_part/INBOX"}\
>     {"/var/mail/${nhash_127:$local_part}/$local_part/INBOX"} }


Remove those quotes.


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