Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'd like to propose that for now the FHS is changed to read
>
> "The mail spool area location is undefined. It is guaranteed that both
> /var/mail and /var/spool/mail point to this mail spool area if the system
> has a mail spool. The preferred reference name is /var/mail.
>
> [Rationale: /var/mail is the only name available on some other modern Unix
> platforms. /var/spool/mail is the older Linux tradition and needed for
> compatibility]
>
> [Rationale2: The physical location of the mail spool is not relevant to
> an application and is administrator policy. It is thus left open.]
>
>
> Can everyone live with that and bury the thread
Works for me, too.
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