On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Ken Hornstein <[email protected]> wrote:
> >So I guess the goal is to put everything in .mh_profile, and leave > >mts.conf alone. Is that right? If so, I guess I should just restore the > >default mts.conf. In particular, should I have mts set to smtp vs > >sendmail? > > I know your problem is solved, but I wanted to explain this a bit further. > > The idea was, a million years ago(*), that you'd never have to adjust mail > server setting on a per-user basis. So all of that stuff went into > mts.conf > (which generally holds system-wide settings not editable by the end user). > > Well, we're a long way from that nowadays. A lot of commands now have > options to control stuff that was formerly only done via mts.conf, so > a number of things have migrated to .mh_profile. We still try to keep > a division between global settings and user-specific settings, but that > line is blurrier than it used to be. > Thanks, Ken. I quite understand. I've been around unix systems and around MH since it was MH and not nmh. (I know ... that makes my ignorance even more deplorable.) I just assumed that being my own sysadmin, I'd have to configure mts.conf however was necessary. I'm perfectly happy to configure these settings via .mh_profile. I think that's a more portable approach than having to modify system-wide files. Thanks, -pd -- ---- The Tech Curmudgeon http://www.techcurmudgeon.com
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