On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 04:33:29AM -0700, Joel Klecker wrote: > >I suggest we follow this, leave mailspool in /var/spool/mail and install > >a symlink from /var/mail. > > Whatever is responsible for making the link had better cope with > /var/mail being a directory and /var/spool/mail being a symlink. All > my systems have such a setup.
That's why I proposed an implementation. Some people are going to want /var/mail and others /var/spool/mail. /var/mail seems to be the preference from the standpoint of compatibility however /var/spool/mail is likely to be around a long time all the same. New systems IMO should use /var/mail by default. My system is set that way by choice now. However, we have to leave /var/spool/mail alone on existing systems because it would just be nasty to move it. -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * dark greets liw with a small yellow frog. * liw kisses the frog and watches it transform to a beautiful nerd girl, takes her out to ice cream, and lives happily forever after with her <dark> liw: Umm it's too late to have the frog back?
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