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Subject: Re: How to stop automatic creation of /var/mail/$USER
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Michael P. Soulier 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.

It doesn't hurt anyone but is it possible to disable its creation?

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