On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 11:45 -0400, Eric wrote: > At 10:39 AM 6/25/2007, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: > > <JvM>>>>>What does Jack and Joe users being created at install time have to > do with whether Jack may need to be able to send mail using > his-favorite-program and thus needing a /var/spool/mail box but not > receiving any mail in it because all his incoming mail is being forwarded > to Joe?<<<<< > > The OP (Original Poster) asked the question about all these unneeded > zero-length mailboxes being created at install time in /var/spool/mail for > "users" like backuppc and jabber and privoxy. > > You said "What about Jack who needs a mailbox so he can send mail even > though all his mail is being aliased to Joe?" and the answer is that Jack > and Joe aren't created at install time, they are created later using > adduser which creates the needed mailboxes even if Jack's mail is being > forwarded to Joe. > > Thus, the install process could inspect the default aliases file and not > create mailboxes for "users" who are aliased to something else, without any > effect on Jack or Joe whose accounts are created with adduser, not the > installer. > > That's all I meant. Didn't mean to try to be "funny". > Can we agree this is a non-issue and go on to something else. -- ======================================================================= Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. -- Eric Hoffer ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
