"Eric Lalonde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've been reading the INSTALL.mbox and am a little confused on
>exactly how to change from using /var/spool/mail/user to
>~user/Mailbox. My understanding is that I create a symbolic link
>called Mailbox in the user's directory that links to
>/var/spool/mail/user.
Nope.
>Instead, do I copy /var/spool/mail/user to ~user/Mailbox, delete
>/var/spool/mail/user, and make a symbolic link from the new file
>~user/Mailbox to /var/spool/mail/user?
Yep, that's what it says in INSTALL.mbox.
>would this work for something like 'mail' under linux? Any further
>explanation is appreciated.
It should work, but as INSTALL.mbox says, some MUA's will have
trouble, and you'll need to tell them to read from ~user/Mailbox. See
INSTALL.mbox for details.
-Dave
