Hello,
I'm running TSL2.2. Here's my issue:
I want mailx to read from the /var/spool/mail/<username> file everytime
I invoke it. In TSL, mailx reads ~/Maildir even if I have configured
the MAIL_DIR parameter on /etc/login.defs. Doing an strace of mailx
shows that mailx attemps to read ~/Maildir instead of the spool file.
The man page for mailx specifies that the spool (or any) directory can
be read with the -f option. However, what I would like to know is the
global configuration file that controls where mailx will read mail from.
Here's the strace output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$ strace mail
execve("/bin/mail", ["mail"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x805db18
<SNIPPED>
open("/home/users/carlo/.mailrc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
open("/home/users/carlo/Maildir/", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
<SNIPPED>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$
As you can see, mailx attemps to open Maildir.
My /etc/login.defs contains the following relevant parameters:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$ cat /etc/login.defs
<SNIPPED>
# *REQUIRED*
# Directory where mailboxes reside, _or_ name of file, relative to the
# home directory. If you _do_ define both, MAIL_DIR takes precedence.
# QMAIL_DIR is for Qmail
#
#QMAIL_DIR Maildir
MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail
MAIL_FILE mbox
#MAIL_FILE .mail
<SNIPPED>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$
Any clues?
Thank you very much!
Best Regards,
Carlo
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