Re: [vps-mail] how did this get through?

[Scott Wiersdorf <scottw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 03:25:45PM -0500, Chris Edwards wrote:
> I still have mail delivering that shouldn't.  Both procmail and
> spamassassin.
> 
> I see this in the log file.
> 
> procmail: [59573] Tue Jan 27 15:11:20 2004
> procmail: Match on "^X-Spam-Status: Yes"
> procmail: Locking "/var/mail/spam.lock"
> procmail: Error while writing to "/var/mail/_1iO.oXsFAB.obi001.obinet.net"

<snip>

> If it cannot write to the file, does it deliver it or does it send it to
> /dev/null?

No, it will notify the MTA, which should try to redeliver later. It's
_hard_ to make procmail lose mail.

> What owner and permissions does the /var/mail/spam file need?

What kind of account is this? If this is a vps1, the defaults should
be fine (i.e., it should always just work unless you've locked down
the /var/mail directory or something like that).

VPS v2s are more security-conscious and won't deliver to mailboxes
with incorrect ownership, lax permissions (group or world write bit
set), etc.

Scott
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