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- From: gdc11@cus.cam.ac.uk (G.D. Carver)
- Subject: Re: Problems with OW3 mailtool
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.130248.18401@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Keywords: OW3, Mailtool
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- References: <1992Nov18.135646.4302@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <Bxy02K.F61@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:02:48 GMT
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- In article <Bxy02K.F61@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills) writes:
- |> In <1992Nov18.135646.4302@infodev.cam.ac.uk> gdc11@cus.cam.ac.uk (G.D. Carver) writes:
- |>
- |> >Ever since upgrading to OW3, I've been plagued by not having enough
- |> >space in /var/spool/mail for users default mailboxes. With the version
- |> >of mailtool in OW2, I use to get users to have
- |> >'set nohold'
- |> >in their .mailrc file so that read messages would automatically be moved
- |> >to their private mbox. But now with OW3 version, this no longer happens,
- |> >Mailtool ignores the nohold variable. Is this a known bug and is there a
- |> >patch?
- |>
- |> The problem may be the ``set hold'' that appears in /usr/lib/Mail.rc.
- |> Try changing that.
- |> --
- |> -Gary Mills- -Networking Group- -U of M Computer Services-
-
- Sorry, perhaps I should have made it clearer. I DO have set nohold in my .mailrc
- file. This is read AFTER the /usr/lib/Mail.rc file so it overwrites whatever's
- in /usr/lib/Mail.rc. I tried taking the set nohold line out of /usr/lib/Mail.rc
- for the helluvait but it made no difference.
-
- Remember, mail works fine, it obeys the nohold variable, but Mailtool OW3 doesn't
- (but the version from OW2 did), it retains the mail in /var/spool/mail.
-
- So, is this a bug and is there a patch? Or is it a feature? Alternatively, can I
- make sendmail deliver direct to a user's private mailbox instead of
- /var/spool/mail? (see original posting).
-
- All help much appreciated.
-
- Glenn Carver
- Systems Adminstrator
- Cambridge Centre for Atmospheric Science
-