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- From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
- Subject: Re: How do I change where I want my folders to live?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.142039.19740@DSI.COM>
- Keywords: folders
- Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc. Huntingdon Valley, PA
- References: <lg5qmnINNf84@news.bbn.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:20:39 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- wsadkin@bbn.com (Will Sadkin) writes:
- >I built ELM 2.3, and as suggested earlier, set my $MAIL variable
- >to ~/mailbox. I then ran elm, which says:
-
- >Notice:
- >ELM requires the use of a folders directory to store your mail folders in.
- >Shall I create the directory /usr/staff/wsadkin/Mail for you (y/n)?
-
- >Our home directories DO NOT live in /usr/staff! (and I don't see the
- >option in configure to change this...) I want it to be ~/Mail...
-
- >Again, What do I do?
- Elm picks up the home directory from the password file, based on the UID.
- (This is done to avoid problems when someone has run in a su'd mode)
-
- Thus in the password file it appears that wsadkin's home directory is
- /usr/staff/wsadkin.
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL08
- Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 3.0 Release: ??? ?,1994
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