Re: [gentoo-dev] Missing/wrong mail directories

Re: [gentoo-dev] Missing/wrong mail directories

[Jerry A!]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:13:41AM +0200, voegelas@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
: Postfix wants to put mail into the directory /var/spool/mail which
: doesn't exist by default. According to the FHS 2.2, /var/mail should
: be used. Both /var/mail and /var/spool/mail don't exist. IMHO The
: package mailbase should create the directory /var/mail and a symbolic
: link in /var/spool.

Noted.  But under Gentoo, /var/mail shouldn't exist.  Gentoo standard is
to have all mail delivered to ${HOME}/.maildir.

When I begin cleaning up the MTA's I'll make sure that the MTA's deliver
to the correct locations.

Wait a minute.  It's coming back to me.  I remember creating a default
/etc/postfix/main.cf that sets "home_mailbox = .maildir/".  That should
force postfix to deliver to ~/.maildir in maildir format.

You didn't by any chance change this?

I think that this is more of a documentation bug...  I guess we need to
better communicate the things that Gentoo does differently on a FS
basis.

        --Jerry

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