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by **Msalie** » Tue, 26 Mar 1996 04:00:00

My smail configuration can't seem to figure out any local addresses
other than "root". Keeps giving an "unknown user" error in the
logfile. I've gone over and over the smail man page, to no
avail. What does smail look at to figure out who is and isn't
a local user? I assumed the passwd file, but maybe not?

Meanwhile, the old "deliver" program works fine.

Help!

by **M.Buchenried** » Wed, 27 Mar 1996 04:00:00

> In a message on Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:25:22 GMT, wrote :
>M> My smail configuration can't seem to figure out any local addresses
>M> other than "root". Keeps giving an "unknown user" error in the
>M> logfile. I've gone over and over the smail man page, to no
>M> avail. What does smail look at to figure out who is and isn't
>M> a local user? I assumed the passwd file, but maybe not?
>M>
>M> Meanwhile, the old "deliver" program works fine.
>M>
>M> Help!
>M>
>M>
>M>
>Smail's builtin local transport method does not seem to work. I put the following in my /etc/smail/transports file:
>local: from,return_path,driver=pipe;pipe_as_sender,
> cmd="/usr/bin/deliver $user"
>And now local mail gets delivered properly.

Hmm - I've been using smail for years without any problem.
That's what my 'transports' file says in regards to local mail:

-----------------------------snip----------------------------

# local - deliver mail to local users
#
# Tell smail to append directly to user mailbox files in the /usr/mail
# directory.
local: driver = appendfile, # append message to a file
return_path, # include a Return-Path: field
local, # use local forms for delivery
from, # supply a From_ envelope line
unix_from_hack; # insert > before From in body

file = /usr/spool/mail/${lc:user}, # use this location for Linux
group = mail, # group to own file for System V
mode = 0660, # under System V, group mail can access
suffix = "\n", # append an extra newline
append_as_user,

------------------------------snip----------------------------

Michael
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Local delivery with smail??

Local delivery with smail??

Local delivery with smail??