Re: [exim] mail stuck in /var/spool/exim4/input

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] mail stuck in /var/spool/exim4/input
On 02/06/2020 20:56, m s via Exim-users wrote:
> delivering 1jgC7c-00028M-Af (queue run pid 10734)
> R: system_aliases for marie@localhost
> R: userforward for marie@localhost
> R: procmail for marie@localhost
> R: maildrop for marie@localhost
> R: lowuid_aliases for marie@localhost (UID 1000)
> R: local_user for marie@localhost
> T: appendfile for marie@localhost
> LOG: MAIN
> == marie@localhost R=local_user T=mail_spool defer (-6): mailbox
> /var/mail/ has wrong uid (0 != 1000)


That looks like it thinks the *mailbox* (as opposed to the
directory it lives in), is called "/var/mail/".

Has something changed in your config that could explain that?

I don't know the Debian config, sorry. You could trace how
it arrives at the mailbox path using debug mode.

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Cheers,
Jeremy