On 10 Sep 2007, at 13:17, ikearns wrote:
> Created alias for 'root:' to an active mailbox but when attempting
> redelivery (exim -qff) I get:
>
> 2007-09-10 11:03:09 1ITsWu-0004jp-U7 User 0 set for local_delivery
> transport
> is on the fixed_never_users list
Does the user you have redirected the mail to have a UID of 0 ?
Exim really does not like delivering to superuser accounts (ie ones
where the UID is zero) because this has security implications.
> Also mail that appears to be queuing in the spool contains a lot of
> null
> senders. As I mentioned, this server is intended to be transparent and
> therefore relay everything
Most likely these are bounce messages generated by the inability to
deliver other mail (not necessarily your fault - other places may not
accept mail from you for all sorts of reasons).
Nigel.
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