On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 01:58:35PM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Michael Haardt wrote:
>
> > Indeed it makes sense to create the parent maildir, too, in case it is
> > missing.
>
> Unless prevented by the create_directory option, Exim will always create
> all the directories it needs. The code I have committed does not create
> the parent {new,tmp,cur}, but of course if there is a delivery to the
> parent maildir, Exim will then create the parent {new,cur,tmp} directories.
My idea was that the parent directories _should_ be there. If they can't
be created, something is really broken, e.g. the expansion result points
to an invalid path, like too far up in the hierachy.
> > How about freezing the mail in case creating that fails?
>
> I don't like freezing messages when the problem is just with one
> recipient. Delivery will be deferred if anything Exim is trying to
> create cannot be created.
