Why do you want to put all the mail in /var/mail? The better solution in
qmail is to have the mail delivered to the user's home directory, and
better yet to have it delivered there in Maildir format.
I dunno about OpenBSD, but Linux has an /etc/skel directory, and things
there are replicated into a new user's home directory when their account
is created. Make a maildir there, and you are done.
A Maildir is a directory tree where each email is in one file. A Mabox is
ALL mail messages in one big, awkward file.
--Pete
> Hello:
>
> I have recently replaced sendmail in an OpenBSD 2.8 box. Since Qmail is a
> package I did install it that way. Then I proceed to read the INSTALL.xxxx
> that I was supposed to.
>
> Apparently it's working perfectly. Local mail works using mail command line
> tool. From internet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] works also. I can send through my
> smtp two...
>
> Now the question is: I did configured qmail to use $user/Mailbox and created
> a symbolic link to /var/mail/user.
> Do I have to do this for each user on my system??? I'm planning to handle
> +100 pop users (i haven't configured pop nor checkpassword yet)
>
> Is there a better way to accomplish this??? I didn't create the users yet.
> Frankly I did not understand 100% what INSTALL.mailbox did mean, or what is
> the difference between maildir or mbox... I reread all FAQs but either I am
> stupid (probably) or I am missing something.
>
> A little hand will be appreciated if it helps me to understand what is the
> best way to accomplish this kind of task (that is having 100 users and not
> having to ln manually each mailbox)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> --
> Martin Marconcini
> | Unix, MS-DOS, Windows.
> | Also known as The Good, The Bad
> | And the Ugly...
> --
>
