> At least that way applications that want to use the same dirctory as the > vast majority of other Unix systems will work without needing a special > case for Linux. However, I would much rather see us adopt the full, > correct solution, rather than this half-measure.
How can changing from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail be a "full solution" for the next years to come? Many people think that the mail-dir solution that e.g. qmail and mutt support is the real solution for the future. Maybe future Linux distributions want to ship that as a default? They couldn't be compliant with this standard even though they use a more modern mail-storing setup. The change from /var/spool/mail can be done on any system with an "ln -s spool/mail /var/mail". Why mix up all Linux users instead of keeping this a local solution anybody can do? So maybe any standard should not say something about the mail spool dir? Florian La Roche
