Achim Schmidt wrote: >only an idea: > >Did you also change MAIL_ROOT in /usr/sbin/sendmail(.sh) or does it >still contain "export MAIL_ROOT=/var/MailRoot" ? > >- Achim > >
Achim, you rock!! I've spent many hours over several days trying to find that config file. I never even thought to look in a /usr/sbin directory for a configurable file. For those of you who didn't see the whole thread: If you want to change the default XMail directory from /var/MailRoot to /yourpath/MailRoot (in Linux) there are 3 steps that you need to take. 1. Copy/move the entire /var/MailRoot directory to the new location. Make sure XMail isn't running and all the files are copied including the zero length files. (Thanks Davide) 2. Change the XMAIL_ROOT variable in your init script to XMAIL_ROOT=/yourpath/MailRoot 3. Change the MAIL_ROOT variable in the /usr/sbin/sendmail(.sh) script to MAIL_ROOT=/yourpath/MailRoot (Thanks Achim) If you want to move the MailRoot directory and for some reason these steps don't work, creating a symbolic link from the "real" Mailroot directory to /var/Mailroot is a kludgey solution, but it should also work. <begin rant> Why on earth do people put a script file in /usr/sbin!? The Linux/unix directory structure makes me crazy on a good day. But then I find something like this and it just puts me over the edge. Isn't it bad enough that we can find binaries in /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, and /usr/sbin, not to mention innumerable application directory trees. Now even these directories are having script/config files placed in them. Why can't all config/init script files go in /etc?? And while I'm ranting, why call it /etc?? Why not /conf or /init?? AARRGGGHHH!! <end rant> I feel much better now. Thanks for understanding. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
