Bug#440217: exim4-config: lowuid router is misplaced in order and breaks common setups

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:56:06AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> I think it must be possible to redirect system-users by /etc/aliases
> and it _should_ be possible by default to redirect by ~/.forward or
> .procmailrc,

That would be possible by aliasing the account to itself in
/etc/exim4/lowuid-aliases.

> I have also been wondering whether lowuid should special case uid 0,
> since stuff is redirected there by default and we special case it
> anyway (mmm_mail4root).

I have been wondering as well, and decided against this, as a local
admin could easily special-case root locally by aliasing it to itself.

Greetings
Marc

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