Re: [exim] Maildir problem while migrating from 3.35 to 4.50

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Author: Giuliano Gavazzi
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To: Ilya Palagin, exim-users
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Subject: Re: [exim] Maildir problem while migrating from 3.35 to 4.50
At 1:19 pm -0400 2005/05/17, Ilya Palagin wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to migrate from 3.35 to 4.50. The error I'm getting is:
>
>2005-05-17 12:49:01 1DXmvd-0001HL-Oc == userone@??? R=procmail
>T=procmail_pipe defer (13): Permission denied: failed to chdir to
>/home/userone
>
>Maildir works just perfectly in 3.35. In accordance with the manual, I've
>changed some config parameters for conform the new version, like this:
>
>local_delivery:
>         driver = appendfile
>         user = mail
>         group = mail
>         mode = 0660
>         mode_fail_narrower = false
>         delivery_date_add
>         envelope_to_add
>         return_path_add
>         directory = ${home}/Maildir
>         maildir_format = true

>
>I understand that "mail" account doesn't have access to /home directories,
>probably by that reason my current 3.35 has SUID enabled (I'm running Debian
>Woody). I did the same for 4.50 and it didn't help. Are there any working
>examples of 4.* and Maildir? I couldn't find any, just for 3.* (which, again,
>works fine).


why user mail?

local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
return_path = $address_data
mode_fail_narrower = false
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
directory = $home/Maildir
maildir_format
group = mail
mode = 0660


works fine.