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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Jarry wrote: |
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> Q: How can I prohibit users from changing mail-path in their |
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> $HOME/.procmailrc back to $HOME/.maildir? That way they could |
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> circumvent my /var userqouta settings (100MB) and use /home |
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> settings (5GB)... |
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Dont know if you can stop that. |
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> One more problem: I can not force "elm" to read it. If I start elm |
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> with option "-f /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME", it complains that it is |
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> directory. When I try "elm -f /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME/new", the same. |
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> It seems to me, that elm simply can not read "maildir" format at all. |
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> I tried another command-line mailer, "mail": the same problem... |
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> Which command-line mail-reader supports maildir format? |
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Hey, welcome to the 21st century (noone use elm and mail anymore ;-) |
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You probably need to setup an IMAP server and then configure Pine and/or |
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mutt to use IMAP (mutt actually supports maildir but some people might |
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want to use Pine instead). I would remove elm entirely. |
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> And last question: I have access to one Debian box (which uses mbox |
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> format). After logging there I get either message "No mail", or |
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> "You have new mail". But I do not get any similar message on my |
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> Gentoo box. Why? Can I somehow activate it? |
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Not with maildirs you dont. |
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