[Pkg-exim4-users] Caveats on changing Debian-exim's homedir

[Marc Haber]

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 11:57:43AM +0200, Jacek Kosowski wrote:
> I'v installed exim4 + SA-exim +spamassasin and this trio works 
> perfectly. I want to browse rejected emails to find non-SPAM messages 
> (false positives). I think most convenient way is to use my Thunderbird 
> client.

via IMAP, if I read correctly?

> But, SA-Exim puts SPAM to 
> /var/spool/sa-exim/{SApermreject,SAtempreject}. I know I can change 
> these target dirs to any other (with appropriate priviliges), but IMAP 
> folders exist in ~/Maildir and are 0700. So Debian-exim must own the 
> Homedir and Maildir. Consequencially, Debian-exim must "have" homedir 
> other than /var/something.

That seems like an issue with your IMAP server.

> Or maybe are there other/easier ways to browse rejected email volume?

How about having spam delivered to some special mailbox or a
sub-folder of your IMAP mailbox, available for browsing via the normal
methods?

Greetings
Marc

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