Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:40:50 -0500 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to stop automatic creation of /var/mail/$USER Message-ID: <45999C02.8020008@tandon.net> In-Reply-To: <fb6605670701011312w344779cewa857b5afeb1fbd4d@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070101203920.GA955@tandon.net> <fb6605670701011312w344779cewa857b5afeb1fbd4d@mail.gmail.com>
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Michael P. Soulier wrote: >> When I 'adduser' a new account, a /var/mail/$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? -- Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
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