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Re: sendmail ->qmail problems, help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Mitchell)
Mon Nov 18 23:13:17 1996
Date: 19 Nov 1996 04:08:03 -0000
From: John Mitchell <johnm@non.net>
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>>>>> "mmalecha" == mmalecha <mmalecha@utmem1.utmem.edu> writes:
[....]
> Now I am able to send mail to remote domains, but have a problem with
> sending it to the localhost. Entries in /var/log/maillog say:
> "qmail: delivery 1 deferred:
> Uh-oh:_home_directory_is_writable._(#4.7.0)/"
> and nothing gets delivered to local mailbox.
That's because your home directory is group writable. :-) QMail is
particularly paranoid about security. Make your home NOT group (or other
of course :-) writable.
Take care,
John
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