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- From: wsadkin@daedalus.bbn.com (Will Sadkin)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: How do I change where I want my folders to live?
- Date: 13 Nov 1992 19:00:20 GMT
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- References: <lg5qmnINNf84@news.bbn.com> <1992Nov13.142039.19740@DSI.COM>
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- Keywords: folders
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- In article <1992Nov13.142039.19740@DSI.COM>, syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) writes:
- |> 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.
- |> --
- |> ========================================================================
- |> Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL08
- |> Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 3.0 Release: ??? ?,1994
- |> syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd Voice: (215) 947-9900, FAX: (215) 938-0235
-
- Well, not exactly. The yellow pages entry for my login lists /d4m/wsadkin
- as my home directory.
-
- HOWEVER: ELM apparently checks the elmrc file in the .elm directory before checking the passwd database; I had copied my old .elm directory and its
- contents so I would not lose my old mail aliases (yes, I ran newalias on
- them...) But the old elmrc file had the maildir variable set to
- /usr/staff/wsadkin/Mail.
-
- I moved the old elmrc file, and ELM made a new one, and seems to be happy!
-
- Thanks for the help tho,
- /Will
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