Re: [exim] how to deal with incoming messages sent to <mail@…

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Autore: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Oggetto: Re: [exim] how to deal with incoming messages sent to <mail@example.com>
On 26/09/14 23:57, lee wrote:
> Debian has a system account named 'mail', and incoming messages cannot
> be delivered to this user (when using maildir) because it has no home
> directory. Also, I don't want to receive any mail for this account.
>
> To prevent exim from freezing such messages in the queue, I've set
>
>
> never_users = root:mail


This option restricts the UID that deliveries may run as.
It id not for controlling whether mail is accepted for an
account by that name, and the two concepts do not necessarily
match.
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Cheers,
Jeremy