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Author: B. Johannessen
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] [Format error in spool file] when sending a mail via PHP
J odabu@??? wrote:
> I can send a mail correctly using the command line.
> But when using the PHP mail function, I have a "format error in spool
> file" error, so that the mails never come.


This was a bug in Exim, but it's fixed in the current release (can't
remember exactly when the fix was included). Upgrading to 4.60 will
solve this problem.

> And the input file :
> 1EwhZz-0006yc-0I-H
> nobody 65534 -1


And there's the problem. Your Exim is unable to grok the -1 in the above
line.

A temporary fix would be to run your Apache server with a group other
then -1, but that may have other implications.


    Bob