Peter Bortas wrote:
On 8/15/06, David Dyer-Bennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/15/06, Richard Elling - PAE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This can be configured with the local mail delivery agent. You
could even
> put incoming mail in someone's $HOME, however that isn't always a
good idea.
I've run across systems that don't deliver into $HOME, and it always
ends up leading to trouble (running out of disk). Why do people set
systems up that way?
Because it leads to LESS trouble than putting it in $HOME. $HOME could
be on separate servers for diffrent user groups and/or it could be on
a server(s) that is less stable than the mailhost.
It is more difficult to put in $HOME, especially in sites where you
have many home directory servers and mail servers. The trend seems to
be towards centralized mail services, ala gmail.
In any case, I think the answer to "why?" dates back to the late 1970s
or early 1980s. Perhaps Eric Allman remembers.
-- richard
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