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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!dd26+
  2. From: dd26+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Douglas F. DeJulio")
  3. Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
  4. Subject: Re: Messages options
  5. Message-ID: <8fInHaS00WogM6hEU4@andrew.cmu.edu>
  6. Date: 12 Jan 93 21:15:18 GMT
  7. References: <C0p6yq.B7u@sci.kun.nl>
  8. Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
  9. Distribution: world
  10. Organization: The Internet
  11. Lines: 9
  12.  
  13. > I wonder if there is also an option that prevents "messages" from
  14. > accessing the /var/spool/mail directory at startup time. I just want to
  15. > read the bulletin boards. Does anybody know?
  16.  
  17. If you set the PersonalMailCollectionCommand: preference to /bin/true,
  18. you should get the result you want.
  19. -- 
  20. Doug DeJulio
  21. ddj+@cmu.edu
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