AVC on "create" popping up when exim is used as an alternative to postfix for sendmail

Issue

• After installing exim package from EPEL, an AVC is seen when exim sends mail

  type=AVC ...: avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=XXX comm="sendmail" name="v" scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:exim_spool_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0
  type=SYSCALL ...: arch=x86_64 syscall=mkdir success=no exit=EACCES ... auid=0 uid=93 gid=93 euid=93 suid=93 fsuid=93 egid=93 sgid=93 fsgid=93 ... comm=sendmail exe=/usr/sbin/exim subj=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
  type=CWD ...: cwd=/var/spool/exim
  type=PATH ...: item=0 name=/var/spool/exim/input/ ... mode=040750 ouid=93 ogid=93 rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:exim_spool_t:s0 nametype=PARENT cap_fp=0 cap_fi=0 cap_fe=0 cap_fver=0 cap_frootid=0
  type=PATH ...: item=1 name=/var/spool/exim/input/v nametype=CREATE cap_fp=0 cap_fi=0 cap_fe=0 cap_fver=0 cap_frootid=0