This looks like
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2593
On Thu, 11 Apr 2024, Raphael Haas via Exim-users wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I am running an exim4-daemon-heavy (4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10) and
>
> in the context of a userforward "~/.forward" filter file using the vacation
> command
>
>> if personal alias raphael.haas@???
>> then
>> vacation from raphael.haas@??? subject "Out of office
>> notification"
>> endif
>
> with no other options changed from the default values given in
> https://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.90/doc/html/spec_html/filter_ch-exim_filter_files.html#SECTmail
>
> especially the once option is still the original ".vacation" and citing from
> the above link "If a once file is specified, it is used to hold a
> database..." I understand the ".vacation" is expected to be a file -
>
> while the user filter/vacation triggering message to
> raphael.haas@??? is delivered without problems,
>
> processing the vacation reply message I get this entry in the exim mainlog:
>
>> "...R=userforward T=address_reply defer (0): Failed to open db (v4.1+) file
>> .vacation when sending message from address_reply transport: Not a
>> directory"
>
> Now that sounds like exim expects the filename ".vacation" to be a directory?
> And after a lot of unfruitful research, I renamed the ".vacation" file in my
> home directory and created an empty ".vacation" directory, and voila,
> the vacation message gets delivered and a new ".vacation" db file is created
> inside the new ".vacation" directory.
> (which also rules out any possible problems with setting up the current or
> home directories for the transport, obviously the action happens in the
> expected place, i.e. the user home dir)
>
> While this is nice in principle,
> * I'd like to understand why the vacation filter command expects a directory
> when it should (after all I read and understand) be a file.
> * and I'd like to avoid having to change the vacation setup in each home-dir
> of all the users.
>
> Any hints and explanations would be highly welcome.
> Some more background:
> The setup ran fine for over 10 years before, the last working setup was with
> exim 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.
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andrew@???
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