Bug#806986: exim4: local_user router does not work for mixed-case users

[Sam Morris]

tag 806986 + wontfix
thanks

On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 20:13 +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2015-12-03 Sam Morris <sam at robots.org.uk> wrote:
> > Package: exim4
> > Version: 4.84-8
> > Severity: normal
> 
> > I noticed that mail sent by needrestart(1) addressed to Debian-exim 
> > was
> > bouncing.
> 
> > # exim -d -bt Debian-gdm
> [...]
> > I guess this is because exim ends up calling getpwnam(3) with the
> > lower-cased local_part rather than the original, mixed-case form.
> [...]
> 
> Hello,
> 
> yes, that is the case.
> 
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-message_p
> rocessing.html#SECID230
> 
> Given the choice between ...
> 
> a) deliverable Debian-gdm
> b) deliverable AMetzler at bebt.de
> 
> ... my vote goes to b), marking this bug report as wontfix.
> 
> The Debian-* users are system users and should generaly not be
> accessible by mail under their own id, except with a explicit entry
> in
> /etc/aliases.
> 
> cu Andreas

Makes sense to me, thanks for explaining!

Regards,

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