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Re: exim and imap3d
- From: "Wes S" <wess at acegroup dot cc>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:13:07 -0400
- Subject: Re: exim and imap3d
- References: <42D0845A.8648.5D91C7@localhost>
On 10 Jul 2005 at 2:17, René Berber wrote:
> > So in exim.conf I changed this:
> >
> > local_delivery:
> > driver = appendfile
> > file = /var/mail/$local_part
> >
> > Now I get 2005-07-09 21:27:41 IJDXRD-0001D4-AT == wess@wess.mdns.org
> > R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission denied: creating
> > lock file hitching post
> [snip]
>
> Permission denied is the clue here, you should have read the comments
> above the part of exim's configuration you changed. Copy the permissions
> of the original spool directory (/var/spool/mail/) to the one you made
> (/var/mail):
>
> chmod --reference=/var/spool/mail /var/mail
> chown --reference=/var/spool/mail /var/mail
>
> That should do it.
>
Yes, it took care of that exim problem on delivering. :)
I also noticed that I was using ipop3d vs uw-ipop3d, not sure how
that stirred the pot on my pop3 probem and one account I used for
testing was disabled in windows.
Everything is working now.
Thank you,
Wes Szumera
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