Re: [exim] Mail being queued: User 0 set for remote_smtp tra…

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Auteur: Nigel Metheringham
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Aan: ikearns
CC: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [exim] Mail being queued: User 0 set for remote_smtp transport is on the never_users list

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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