Am 2008-03-09 04:22:59, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Package: login > Version: 1:4.1.0-2 > Severity: minor > > Man page says > After a successful login, you will be informed of any system messages > and the presence of mail. You may turn off the printing of the system > message file, /etc/motd, by creating a zero-length file .hushlogin in > your login directory. The mail message will be one of "You have new > mail.", "You have mail.", or "No Mail." according to the condition of > your mailbox. > > But this assumes people have not graduated to Maildirs. > So then it will always say No Mail. > And where it thinks people are putting their mail is not even mentioned.
Not realy right, since it depends on the System-Administrator, the
installed MTA, MDA and ${USER} choice:
----[ '/etc/login.defs' ]-----------------------------------------------
# *REQUIRED*
# Directory where mailboxes reside, _or_ name of file, relative to the
# home directory. If you _do_ define both, MAIL_DIR takes precedence.
# QMAIL_DIR is for Qmail (or any maildir-compatible MTA, such as Exim or
# Postfix when suitably configured).
#
# Essentially, MAIL_DIR defines the $MAIL environmental variable
# (for mbox use) by appending the username to MAIL_DIR as defined
# below. MAIL_FILE defines the $MAIL environment variable as the
# fully-qualified filename obtained by prepending the user home
# directory before $MAIL_FILE, and QMAIL_DIR defines the MAIL
# environment variable as the fully-qualified directory name
# obtained by prepending the user home directory before $QMAIL_DIR.
#
# NOTE: This is used to setup your MAIL environment variable, and also
# used by userdel to determine if any mail spools need to be removed when
# removing a user. If you change this, you should also change the
# pam_mail.so module setup in /etc/pam.d/login, which affects the "You
# have mail" message on login, and, in default setup, overrides this setting
# in determining the $MAIL environmental variable.
#
QMAIL_DIR Maildir/
# MAIL_DIR /var/mail
# MAIL_FILE .mail
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I am using "courier-(mta|imap|mlm)" and it works perfectly if your
INBOX is in the standard location "${HOME}/Maildir/{tmp,new,cur}".
And of course, HOW should "login" know, what the ${USER} use?
I have even in my ~/Maildir/ several mbox'es for special use which
can be easyly configured in "procmail" or "maildrop".
I think, this Bug# should be closed.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
24V Electronic Engineer
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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