Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:58:31 -0400 From: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: qmail and setting up mailboxs Message-ID: <39819187.BB680C26@miltonstreet.com> References: <398186B6.F460AFB8@miltonstreet.com>
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Sam Carleton wrote: > I am reading though the INSTALL.mbox doc that comes with the qmail > port. This is what it says: > > ---------------INSTALL.mbox--------------- > The basic procedure for switching to ~user/Mailbox is simple: > > * Move each /var/spool/mail/user to ~user/Mailbox. > ---------------INSTALL.mbox--------------- > > First off, I am assuming that ~user/Mailbox is refering to the file > /var/qmail/user/Mailbox. That being correct, ~user/Mailbox is a file, > not a folder. Next, it talks about moving /var/spool/mail/user to > ~user/Mailbox. /var/spool/mail/user does not exist on my FreeBSD-STABLE > 4.0 machine. I don't even have a /var/spool/mail. I DO have a > /var/mail/[username] directory, so I am assuming that the documentation > is refering to /var/mail/[username], (one is /var/mail/mhoman). How do > I move the folder to the file /var/qmail/user/Mailbox? What am I > missing here? Ok folks, I feel like a REAL fool. There where some real basics that I simply missed. Among them was that ~user is the users directory:) (thanks Alan) And then the fact that /var/mail/[username] was a file, not a folder (opps there I go again, directory<g> What can I say, I live in two very different worlds and words have never been my strong point<g>). Well, I went back to look at things again and discovered exactly what Giorgos told me to do moments after I had gotten things working:) Thanks for both ouf your help and I apologize for the brain fart:) -- Sam Carleton Please stop by http://www.maineville.net and help my local police force! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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