On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Pike wrote:
> Don't forget to edit all qmail's config files, startupthingies
> , dotfiles, etc. to change Mailbox into mbox.
>
> I wish I could list exactly what to change where here, but hell,
> qmail has spread itself all across the filesystem randomly.
BTW, I wondered why qmail is not compliant to fsstnd? All the config files
should reside at /etc/qmail, the docs at /usr/doc/qmail or
/usr/local/doc/qmail, the binaries at /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin,
respectively. Only /var/qmail/queue should be placed under /var, perhaps as
/var/qmailq.
The ~/.qmail files I'd suggest to put into ~/etc/qmail, rather than
hiding them among the lots of various other `dotfiles' that you encounter in
users' homes.
Is there good reason to place more or less static files --- not to mention
an application specific hierarchy that could even be put into /opt/qmail
(except for the queue) --- under /var?
GH
