[exim] Correct permissions when delivering in maildir_format

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Auteur: Mark Wilson
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Aan: exim-users
Onderwerp: [exim] Correct permissions when delivering in maildir_format
Hi,


I want to deliver mail that comes in addressed to user jill into a Maildir
folder in freds Maildir structure but have not set the permissions correctly. I
wonder what the most appropriate permissions should be (to keep freds
privacy):-


The setup is address_directory transport, with maildir_format set true and an
entry in /etc/aliases of:

#/etc/aliases
jill: /home/fred/Maildir/.afolder/




My question is, I am getting Permission Denied, the directory permissions
are:


drwx------  22 fred    users        1024 Apr  5 10:06 /home/fred/Maildir/




Should the group be changed from users to vmail (which I can create) and then
do chmod g+w to /home/fred/Maildir ?


For the settings given below, am I correct in thinking that jill's mail is
written to freds directory under the vmail users permissions ?


Should I change the group in system_aliases heading (see below) to be a vmail
group (at the same time as the above changes) ?

address_directory:

driver = appendfile
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add

no_from_hack
prefix = ""
suffix = ""
maildir_format


system_aliases:
driver = aliasfile
file = /etc/aliases

search_type = lsearch*
user = vmail
group = users