buster exim4 local transport bugs in exim4.conf.template and conf.d/transport directory

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2022-04-04 SheridanJ West <sheridanj.west at gmail.com> wrote:
> Debian buster 11
> package: exim4

> Bug  bind at raspberrypi R=local_user T=mail_spoo
> l defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/bind' (file or directory name for
> mail_spool transport) no
> t permitted

> #####################################################
> ### transport/30_exim4-config_mail_spool
> #####################################################

> ### transport/30_exim4-config_mail_spool

> # This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes in
> traditional
> # BSD mailbox format.
> #
> mail_spool:
>  debug_print = "T: appendfile for $local_part@$domain"
>  driver = appendfile
>  #sw fixed http://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4379
>  #debian file = /var/mail/$local_part
>  file = /var/mail/$local_part_data
>  delivery_date_add
>  envelope_to_add
>  return_path_add
>  group = mail
>  mode = 0660
>  mode_fail_narrower = false

>  #debian file = /var/mail/$local_part
>  file = /var/mail*/$local_part_data *

>  is needed or cron will not send mail to local users.   Logwatch is ok but
> the rest of cron wont mail stuff, and users cannot mail each other.

> Bug not in debian 10, and i hate exim. Change needs to be made in
> /etc/exim4 and /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport based on split files.  See
> http://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4379 for part fix.

> Basic setup but reporting cron job activity should not be that hard.

Yozu sem to be mixing versions or not running a matching config.

Debian Buster features 4.92-8+deb10u6 which does not do tainting.

Debian bulleye has 4.94.4 and a config adapted for tainting.
https://salsa.debian.org/exim-team/exim4/-/blob/4.94.2-7/debian/debconf/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_mail_spool


cu Andreas
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