On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:41:05 +1030 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 08:35 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > According to this post here: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/maildir/ t > > he filename has this "gator3018.hostgator.com" which I presume comes > > from the hostname. How do I get this changed to something else > > (unique, but not to the hostname)? Is this where mutt or procmail is > > to be told to do this, how? > > I want to ask: Why do you care what the filenames are (that they have > hostnames in them)? > > The mail client and server certainly doesn't care, it just needs unique > names. So if you can get mail files from machine A onto machine B, > it'll just use them however they're named. They don't need to have the > same filename as its hostname. Thanks, would it not matter if there is a combination of files in the two folders? I don't know, that is why I am asking. > Trying to change maildir filenames requires care, so you don't break > the mail system. And you use a mail client to read your messages, it > gives you an interface where you don't need to know the filenames that > it's making use of. There is one approach and that is set LD_PRELOAD to set the hostname as localhost.localdomain from this example in: https://catonmat.net/simple-ld-preload-tutorial But if it does not matter, then I do not need to worry at all. Thanks for clarifying this. Ranjan > > -- > > uname -rsvp > Linux 3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 25 17:23:54 UTC 2020 x86_64 > > Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. > I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
