Bug#269806: Re: Re: Bug#269710: debian-installer: hotplug configuration leaves mail in /var/mail/mail

[Marc Haber]

severity #269806 wishlist
thanks

The exim 4 maintainers are open to suggestions. The way as it is
currently done is the least evil way we could imagine. Lowering the
severity to wishlist, and stil waiting for a better idea to be named
for us.

Ideas for d-i how to solve this (Cc: to joey):

(1) Pick up the contents from /var/mail/mail after exim's
configuration has been executed and re-deliver the contents to exim.

(2) The exim 4 maintainers could think of having the init script
support a special d-i parameter which would put exim in queue-only
mode. That way, d-i could tell exim to start up in queue-only mode and
happily dump e-mail into exim's queue. After exim's configuration has
finally been finished, d-i could re-invoke exim normally, having the
queued messages delivered to their final target. Please indicate
whether you want us to implement such an interface, and indiciate as
well how this interface could look like from a d-i point of view. We
will then see what we can do.

Greetings
Marc

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