haha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aitor Benito" <abm175@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:43 PM Subject: Re: What determiens where email is stored? > my apologies... this is a bit offtopic, but is what came to my mind when > you started this thread about sendmail's configuration... ;) > > http://comic.escomposlinux.org/ecol-65-e.png > > > Glynn Clements wrote: > > > Matt Howard wrote: > > > > > >>>I am using Sendmail with procmail as the local mailer. > >>> > >>>Currently all the mail is stored on my mail server in > >>>/var/spool/mail/<username> > >>> > >>>I want to move the storage to a different directory and I can not seem > >>>to find the appropriate configuration file. > >> > >>Other than the symlink answer, sendmail defines this at compile time. I > >>know, you're thinking, "With all that crap you can configure and all > >>the macro-expansion, they don't even let you change the mail drop?" > >>Yeah, it's strange, but you'll find what you need in > >>"include/sendmail/pathnames.h" from the sendmail source kit. There > >>should be a line that defines "_PATH_MAILDIR". You should be able to > >>get the source to your sendmail package (srpms, apt-get --source, or > >>what have you), make this change, and replace the package. > > > > > > The above is incorrect. > > > > Sendmail doesn't write to mail spools, and doesn't need to know where > > they reside. It just feeds the message to the delivery agent (e.g. > > procmail). > > > > The _PATH_MAILDIR macro is for the mail.local program, which is > > "bundled" with sendmail. Unless you're actually using mail.local (and > > Adam indicated that he's using procmail), it isn't relevant. > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
