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Date:      Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:12:35 -0500
From:      "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
To:        "sahil@tandon.net" <sahil@tandon.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to stop automatic creation of /var/mail/$USER
Message-ID:  <fb6605670701011312w344779cewa857b5afeb1fbd4d@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070101203920.GA955@tandon.net>
References:  <20070101203920.GA955@tandon.net>

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On 1/1/07, Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> wrote:
> When I 'adduser' a new account, a /var/mail/$USER file is created.  This is
> unnecessary as our MTA is configured to deliver mail directly to a user's
> ~/Maildir/, where the IMAP server looks by default.
>
> There is nothing in the adduser or adduser.conf man pages that explains how
> to manipulate (or, in my case, simply stop) the creation of this file.

I do the same. I don't really care about the file, as it's not hurting
anything.

Mike
-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
--Albert Einstein



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