Re: [exim] Maildir file names

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Brent Jones
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Maildir file names
On 2008-07-06 at 01:54 -0700, Brent Jones wrote:
> I have a few Exim servers all running latest Exim.
> However, one server in particular is writing Maildir filenames different
> than the rest.
> For example, I'm used to seeing something like this:
> 1213327320.M661768P70844V0000005BI00764960_0.server.domain.com,S=2076:2,


Are you sure that this later version isn't a rename by the software
which reads the email? (POP3 server, whatever) Exim documents the
filename construction in The Exim Specification, "26.5 Maildir delivery"
(and 26.6 for maildir_tag). The "V..._0" part there is anomalous.

Rephrasing, it should be:
<time.seconds>.M<time.microseconds>P<pid>.<primary_hostname><tag>
where <tag> typically starts with a comma ','.

> This server is only writing these filenames:
> 1215326800.H536521P26074.:2,S


That suggests that primary_hostname is unset, which is weird, since it
should be derived from uname if not explicitly set. Do you have
anything in your config explicitly setting 'primary_hostname = ""' ?

What does:
shell$ exim -bP primary_hostname
show?

-Phil