[Pkg-exim4-users] defer (-21): appendfile: file or directory name ... is not absolute

[Andreas Metzler]

Léon Dignòn <leon.dignon at gmail.com> wrote:
> using Debian and Exim 4 I extended /etc/update-exim4.conf.conf with
> this line:

> MAILDIR_HOME_MAILDIR_LOCATION='/var/mail/$local_part'

> Unfortunately I receive an error message:

> root at beispiel:~# echo "My letter" | mail -v -s "My Subject" contoso
[...]
> LOG: MAIN
>  == contoso at beispiel.de R=local_user T=maildir_home defer (-21):
> appendfile: file or directory name "'/var/mail/contoso'" is not
> absolute

> What is the problem?

Removing the quotes (') should work.

cu andreas

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