Re: Exim4 install problem (updated info)

From: Wayne Topa (brittman_at_capital.net)
Date: 05/14/04

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    Wayne Topa(brittman@capital.net) is reported to have said:
    > I have, finally, upgraded to exim4 and have run into a problem.
    > I have checked the archives, back to June of 2003, and seem to be the
    > only one that has this problem, so it must be my screwup.
    >
    > I am on dialup and retrieve mail using Mailfilter/Fetchmail. Yhe
    > mail is hung up in the exim4 spool and I am unable to get it forwarded
    > to my mailboxes. The errors messages are as follows.
    >
    > For mail going to me
    > /usr/bin/procmail <wtopa@localhost> R=userforward T=address_file defer
    > (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post
    > /usr/bin/procmail.lock.buddy.mtntop.home.40a4cc88.00000b41 (euid=1000
    > egid=1000)
    >
    > for mail going to root (which with exim 3 was forwarded to use boss
    > via the .forward file in root)
    > /usr/bin/procmail <root@buddy.mtntop.home> R=userforward
    > T=address_file defer (-29): User 0 set for address_file transport is
    > on the fixed_never_users list
    >
    > As exim4 replaced my old /etc/aliases file, the current one looks like
    > this:
    >
    > brittman@capital.net: wtopa@localhost
    > postmaster: boss
    > root: boss
    >
    > daemon: root
    > bin: root
    > <rest are all =root>
    > mailer-daemon: boss
    >
    > I have tried both methods of configuration but can't seem to find any
    > file in /etc/exim4 that I can modify to solve this problem.
    >
    > Thank God for mutt as I can still get the mail but sure would like to
    > get the fetchmail part working.
    >
    > Thanks in advance for any pointers as to what I must have screwed up.
    >
    > Wayne

    Updated info:

    Local users who use exim in .forward files _do_ receive mail.

    Local users who use procmail _do not_ recieve their mail. There
    .forward has only 1 line. "/usr/bin/procmail".

    ~# newaliases does not update /etc/aliases after changes are made
    to /etc/aliases.txt. (used to in exim 3 as I recall)

    I have a procmail_pipe transport and procmail router in
    /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template. As we don't use maildir I have
    commented that out in exim4.conf.template.

    Here is the result of exin4 -bt on some users

    Users that do not receive mail:

    VT1 root-3-Buddy:/etc/exim4# exim -bt boss
    R: system_aliases for boss@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: userforward for boss@buddy.mtntop.home
    boss@buddy.mtntop.home -> /usr/bin/procmail
      transport = address_file

    VT1 root-3-Buddy:/etc/exim4# exim -bt wtopa
    R: system_aliases for wtopa@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: userforward for wtopa@buddy.mtntop.home
    wtopa@buddy.mtntop.home -> /usr/bin/procmail
      transport = address_file

    VT1 root-3-Buddy:/etc/exim4# exim -bt root
    R: system_aliases for root@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: userforward for root@buddy.mtntop.home
    root@buddy.mtntop.home -> | /usr/bin/procmail
      transport = address_pipe

    Users that do receive mail:

    VT1 root-3-Buddy:/etc/exim4# exim -bt wayne
    R: system_aliases for wayne@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: userforward for wayne@buddy.mtntop.home
    wayne@buddy.mtntop.home -> /home/wayne/mail/admin
      transport = address_file

    VT1 root-3-Buddy:/etc/exim4# exim -bt linda
    R: system_aliases for linda@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: userforward for linda@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: procmail for linda@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: maildrop for linda@buddy.mtntop.home
    R: local_user for linda@buddy.mtntop.home
    linda@buddy.mtntop.home
      router = local_user, transport = mail_spool

    Users linda & wayne use the exim .forward and neither are listed in
    /etc/aliases. I don't know why linda's results are different then wayne's
    in the -bt result but they both receiving local mail.

    Wayne 

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