On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Alan Cox wrote: > I'd like to propose that for now the FHS is changed to read > > "The mail spool area location is undefined. It is guaranteed that both > /var/mail and /var/spool/mail point to this mail spool area if the system > has a mail spool. The preferred reference name is /var/mail. > > [Rationale: /var/mail is the only name available on some other modern Unix > platforms. /var/spool/mail is the older Linux tradition and needed for > compatibility] > > [Rationale2: The physical location of the mail spool is not relevant to > an application and is administrator policy. It is thus left open.]
Sounds a lot like what I said last week. :) And HPA before that. ;) Seriously, I think that this solution is the one that the most people can agree on, as it seems to make everyone happy (except for maybe the ~/Mailbox people, but they should be drawn and quartered ;). +-----------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NoDomainName Networks | http://www.nodomainname.net | | AtDot E-mail Services | http://www.atdot.org | +-----------------------------+--------------------------------+
