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> References: <6.2.3.4.0.20060521201114.11c166e0@64.7.153.2> <BAY20-F219FBF1104149DEC970B409A9B0@phx.gbl> <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 -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)
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