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Date:      Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:00:27 -0700
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        freebsd@edvax.de, remegius@comcast.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System mail
Message-ID:  <4c7cb69b.7tFBWEqVHvBjt0Xt%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100830212149.19359d5c.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <4C7BFFA2.2070309@comcast.net> <20100830212149.19359d5c.freebsd@edvax.de>

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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:59:46 -0700,
> Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> wrote:
> >   At this time system mail is being delivered to /var/mail/<user>,
> > which is the normal way of doing things.  Is it possible to have
> > system mail delivered to an email client, such as Thunderbird or
> > Mutt?
>
> No. Per definition, a mail client (mail user agent - MUA) can not
> be the target of mail delivery ...

Depending on what the OP had in mind, ports/mail/procmail might turn
out to be (at least part of) a solution.



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