On 2020-06-02 m s via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
> I'm running Debian sid and after upgrading packages today, exim stopped
> working. It's keeping all my local mail in /var/spool/exim4/input and
> not delivering it, and even when I type "runq" it won't deliver the
> mail.
> # exim4 -qff -v
[...]
> 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)
[...]
> # dpkg -l |grep exim
[...]
> ii exim4-config 4.94-1
> all configuration for the Exim MTA (v4)
> ii exim4-daemon-light 4.92.3-1
> amd64 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
[...]
Hello,
You are running 4.94-1 configuration with 4.92.3-1 binaries.
One significant change of 4.94-1 configuration is
mail_spool:
driver = appendfile
- file = /var/mail/$local_part
+ file = /var/mail/$local_part_data
Which is needed for 4.94 (avoid tainting) but will only work with 4.94
because the check_local_user router option only sets $local_part_data on
4.94.
Do a proper upgrade (dist), including the daemon binaries and you should
be fine.
I will try to update the Debian packaging to prevent instalation of this
non-working combination.
cu Andreas
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