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2004-07-10 12:17:01 1BjNLJ-0005a1-0f == [email protected] R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (-29): User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list

this is the message which im getting in the log file what is user 0 ? ive not been able to send and recieve emails from almost all of the email addresses that i have made. What possibly could be the cause? what is the meaning of the above message and what are the changes that need to be made and where ?
 
This is from exim.conf
No local deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a colon-separated list). An attempt to do so gets changed so that it runs under the uid of "nobody" instead. This is a paranoic safety catch. Note the default setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root as if it were a normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have an alias for root that redirects such mail to a human administrator.
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What are the error messages for the other email addresses?
The directive that this is talking about (never_users) should be set to the following:
Code: 
never_users = root

If theres anything else there, remove it.
 
I dont get any messages for other email accounts although these accounts have been setted up and partially functioning but no error logs are being generated. And the major problem we are facing is that our emails arent reaching anywhere since no logs exists neither any return message is being recieved its impossible to figure out what really is the problem and why the emails are not being delivered properly.
 
khansaq said:
2004-07-10 12:17:01 1BjNLJ-0005a1-0f == [email protected] R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (-29): User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list

this is the message which im getting in the log file what is user 0 ?
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User "0" is root. The email was sent to root. Exim by default doesn't allow email to be sent directly to root, because to do so it would have to become "root" to make the delivery. So it could be a security issue.

If you want all email addressed to root (that particular email was probably spam) you should create a forwarder for it.

Jeff
 
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