From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9rFb-0001mK-QM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:33:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7TLTcpQ001500; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:29:38 GMT Received: from heisenberg.zen.co.uk (heisenberg.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.141]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7TLOY9Q028314 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:24:34 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desiato.digimed.co.uk) by heisenberg.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1E9r9F-0000XQ-UY for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:26:34 +0000 Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CF31422034 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:26:29 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:26:29 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.) Message-ID: <20050829222629.043d4c6c@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4313571E.6050201@gmx.net> References: <430C7996.6070209@gmx.net> <430C7D7A.50502@gmx.ch> <430C83F8.1090508@gmx.net> <20050824162849.5b64491b@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <4313571E.6050201@gmx.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.14-rc1 (GTK+ 2.6.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Signature_Mon__29_Aug_2005_22_26_29_+0100_pvng5IEMB/.PQVbK"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Originating-Heisenberg-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: 31480e30-ef29-4df1-b728-37f360173f57 X-Archives-Hash: e18e750ebe9cd75e416b3ba4201f19b4 --Signature_Mon__29_Aug_2005_22_26_29_+0100_pvng5IEMB/.PQVbK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:42:38 +0200, Jarry wrote: > > MAILDIR=3D/var/spool/mail > > DEFAULT=3D$MAILDIR/$LOGNAME/ > > at the top of /etc/procmailrc >=20 > OK, I tried. My /etc/procmailrc is: > DEFAULT=3D/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME/ # that is the same >=20 > Mail is still in "maildir" format but at least in /var/spool/mail. Rhat's correct, as others have said, maildir has many benefits. If you want delivery to a single file, remove the trailing slash. > Q: How can I prohibit users from changing mail-path in their > $HOME/.procmailrc back to $HOME/.maildir? That way they could > circumvent my /var userqouta settings (100MB) and use /home > settings (5GB)... Set the ownership of all .maildir directories to root:root and chmod 700? It wouldn't stop them changing it, but they'd soon change it back :) --=20 Neil Bothwick Joystick: (n.) a device essential for performing business tasks and training exercises esp. favored by pilots, tank commanders, riverboat gamblers, and medieval warlords. --Signature_Mon__29_Aug_2005_22_26_29_+0100_pvng5IEMB/.PQVbK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDE32Fum4al0N1GQMRArqnAJ9zXySorZwen9R6XMlTX9Xj5wTDugCg2Uy3 c/XZEnugdE2+1b0TG6Iykp0= =Grsg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Mon__29_Aug_2005_22_26_29_+0100_pvng5IEMB/.PQVbK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list