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Date:      Wed, 24 May 2006 21:03:55 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: quota and /var/mail
Message-ID:  <kf0a72pi39990jiqfjqlj27c7vm2ps2n43@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <b043a4850605241102t6d2f195el523d32ff299814b0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 11:02:44 -0700, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions
you wrote:

>If you want to only have one set of quotas, you might consider
>switching to a Postfix/Maildir setup where your users' inboxes will be
>located in their home folder rather than in /var/mail.
>
>It's a fairly easy switch: install Postfix from
>/usr/ports/mail/postfix, and then you just need to configure one line
>in your Postfix's main.cf to turn on Maildir support:
>
>http://www.postfix.org/faq.html#maildir
>
>Though, there might be a bit of a learning curve with respect to the
>differences between Sendmail and Postfix to convert the rest of your
>configuration over. It all depends on how complicated your current
>setup is.
>
Maildir is certainly a better way to go.  If you want to stick with
sendmail, you can also use procmail as your LDA.  However, again, it
requires a bit of learning as it works differently.

	---Mike
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Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net
Providing Internet Access since 1994
mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)



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