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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:23:02 +0200
From: Frank Bonnet <bonnetf@bart.esiee.fr>
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Subject: Re: Small Postfix Question
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Jorn Argelo a =E9crit :

> Hi all,
>=20
> I was wondering if Postfix could follow symbolic links, since I only=20
> have an 512M /var partition. I would rather link it to the /usr=20
> partition, which is about 55G.
>=20
> My common sense tells me that I should just link /var/mail to /usr/mail=
=20
> or something like that, and to copy the original /var/mail content to=20
> /usr/mail. Please correct me if I am wrong.
>=20

Configuring postfix itself in the main.cf file might be better I think.

mail_spool_directory=3D/your/directory

Hope this helps
--=20
Cordialement,
Frank Bonnet