Bug#383469: Re: Bug#383469: exim4: exim fails to deliver mails to users whose $HOME's it cannot access

[Marc Haber]

tags #383469 pending
thanks

On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 04:47:43PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 04:42:39PM +0300, Juha Jäykkä wrote:
> > There is a workaround (add home_directory = / to maildir: -section of exim's
> > configuration file), but since accessing the home directory in the first place
> > is not necessary, I consider this a bug to be fixed.
> 
> A somewhat less ugly workaround is setting current_directory = / on
> the transport. I am currently
> (http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20060814/msg00119.html)
> discussing this on the upstream mailing list whether having this in
> debian's default config would be desireable, and/or whether this might
> be suitable for the default config.

After discussing with upstream, it was decided that we are going to
keep exim's current behavior as we do not want to break compatibility
with software that expects sendmai-like behavior.

I have, however, documented the issue and the possible fix in comments
in the maildir_home transport.

This bug will be closed upon upload of the new package version. Please
object here or re-open the bug if you disagree with this solution.

Greetings
Marc

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