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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail delivery agent (MDA) wanted
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:00:18
Message-Id: 86d62c1c-6e16-67cd-65a9-be6f1e6916b6@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail delivery agent (MDA) wanted by Frank Steinmetzger
1 On 12/20/21 12:08 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
2 > There is one last niggle: after I read a message with the mail tool,
3 > it saves those messages in /root/mbox. It does not do this on Arch,
4 > but keeps them in /var/spool/mail/root instead.
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6 This sounds like the doing of your mail user agent.
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8 The MTA+LDA receive and deliver the mail (respectively) to the user's
9 mailbox.
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11 The MUA is what reads / modifies the mailbox.
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13 So ... compare the email client that you're using between the two systems.
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18 Grant. . . .
19 unix || die

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