SUMMARY: Moving mail spool to another directory...

From: Cenon B.C. Marana Jr. <bonn_at_durian.usc.edu.ph>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:34:38 +0800 (HKT)

Thanks goes to the following:

Simon Greaves <censjg_at_caledonia.hw.ac.uk>
Joakim.Hartikainen <Joakim.Hartikainen_at_ey.se>
Alan B. Hanson <abhanson_at_cca.rockwell.com>
Charles S. Homan <burke_at_nesc.org>
Don Newcomer <newcomer_at_dickinson.edu>
Peter Clark <pclark_at_linda.pclark.com>
Hellebo Knut <Knut.Hellebo_at_nho.hydro.com>
Shen Bing Shiung <b.shen_at_qut.edu.au>

My original question:

>Would it be possible to move the corresponding mail spool files (incoming
>mails) of all the users from /usr/spool/mail directory to say, their
>individual home directories say, to other filesystem, /u1/<user's home
>directory> ?

Majority of the respondent answers have been classified into two namely:

a.) The use of symbolic links on the /usr/spool/mail pointing to the
    desired new directory.

b.) The use of procmail -- for this has a feature wherein it can work
    hand in hand with sendmail to send incoming mail wherever wished to
    be sent.

Bonn
:)
Received on Tue Sep 19 1995 - 16:09:03 NZST

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