I fixed it by setting
directory = ${home}/.maildir
But I want it to work with
directory = /home/$local_part/.maildir
Because I made username aliases with same UID in /etc/passwd which makes
${home} resolve to original user instead of its alias
> On 11-Feb-2022, at 11:21 PM, Satya Gowtham Kudupudi
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> local_delivery:
> driver = appendfile
> # file = /var/mail/$local_part
> directory = /home/$local_part/.maildir
> maildir_format
> maildir_use_size_file
> delivery_date_add
> envelope_to_add
> return_path_add
> group = mail
> mode = 0660
>
> Is configuration present in exam.conf; please tell me the modification I’ve
> to do to avoid the “Tainted” error.
>
>> On 11-Feb-2022, at 2:55 PM, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/02/2022 05:57, necktwi via Exim-users wrote:
>>> When I try to send a mail I get the following message in exim log and the
>>> mail is not received by the receiver.
>>> 2022-02-11 11:21:03 1nEVHn-00011P-At == [email protected] R=localuser
>>> T=local_delivery defer (-1): Tainted '/home/necktwi/.maildir' (file or
>>> directory name for local_delivery transport) not permitted
>>> How to fix it?
>>
>> Your configuratino needs update so as to not use untrustworthy
>> information as a filename. The docs have information on de-tainting;
>> start with the Concept Index.
>>
>> http://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-concept_index.html
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>> Cheers,
>> Jeremy
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