if you need to actually STORE the mail spool under /var/spool/mail/*, then
yes, you need procmail or similar. however, if you just need to fool stupid
lusers/mail clients, you can deliver to the homedir and have a symlink from
/var/spool/mail/user -> ~user/Mailbox.
of course, mbox delivery has its own problems, which are well known to this
list :)
shag
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri 4 Feb 2000 7.37
Subject: RE: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file
I agree, I used to deliver to /var/spool/mail/$USER but I am happy to say I
do no longer.
The only way I was able to do it was to use procmail and fastforward for my
aliases.
I cant remember the syntax exactly but you need a .qmail-default to call
procmail from.
Its ugly, unreliable, and a security risk. Why would you not use qmail in
the way it was intended?
just my .02
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:32 AM
To: Kristina
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 05:10:01PM +0900, Kristina wrote:
> I want to configure qmail-local to deliver mail to /var/spool/mail.
> The /usr/share/man/cat5/dot-qmail.0 file tells you how to write a
> .qmail file to change delivery, however its too difficult for me to
comprehe
> nd.
>
> Can someone help me here?
> Thanks in advance,
> Kristina
>
> P.S I do not want to use /bin/mail or procmail for /var/spool/mail
delivery.
> I want to use qmail-local.
"I would like to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest.
P.S. I do not want to use an axe or a chainsaw. I want to use a herring."
Sorry in advance, but that's what your question sounds like. I don't think
qmail-local can do this because /var/spool/mail/$USER is not a good thing,
in many people's opinion. Delivery to vsm is only supported by third-party
apps, like procmail, as far as I know. Right tool for the right job, and all
that...
/pg
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Peter Green
Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin
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