Bill Hacker wrote:
As stated - the default 'Unix' behaviour.
The 'clue' is the sort of dir's being created, and where.
(presuming, of course, that your MySQL code would have put them elsewhere).
Whether traffic is rejected or not depends on *many* things, starting
with whether
you require recipient verification (Exim queries the routers), use an
SQL test, both, or neither.
- And if traffic is *not* rejected, Exim will create the storage from
either your SQL code or the Unix default.
I understand why mail can get rejected, I know about recip verification
etc. Off another system, very basic exim config, no sql. I created a
test account called dlm - with home dir not created. I sent a test
message, here's the log
exigrep 1Ev4Jg-0006QF-3D /var/log/exim/mainlog
+++ 1Ev4Jg-0006QF-3D not completed +++
2006-01-06 19:00:28 1Ev4Jg-0006QF-3D <= [EMAIL PROTECTED]
H=(mail.vfs.com) [x.x.x.x] P=esmtp S=2176 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2006-01-06 19:00:29 1Ev4Jg-0006QF-3D == [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=localuser
T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission denied: cannot create
/home/dlm/Maildir
The local_delivery transport:
driver = appendfile
directory = $home/Maildir
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
user = $local_part
mode = 0660
no_mode_fail_narrower
maildir_format
maildir_tag = ,S=$message_size
I've never seen any of the unix systems I've worked on before create the
home directories when there's incoming mail. I know FTP programs can
create home directories, when you tell it to. Even after adding the
create_directory option to the local_delivery it's still not creating
the home directory. I create the home directory, and then it delivers.
Is this a difference between sql related accounts and local account
deliveries? I can drop the config on the web somewhere if someone would
like to see it. Thanks.
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