Tim: >> Upon reflection, I think that only root should get one created by >> default. Any other one should get created on demand (when you add a user, >> when you install some service that creates a user that needs a mailbox). Eric: > Isn't that more or less the way it works now? All these extraneous > mailboxes are being created when the installer installs some service. The > only difference is that these mailboxes appear to be created whether the > service actually "needs" a mailbox or not (and "not" includes the situation > where the aliases file forwards all of that user's mail to somebody else, > usually root). Yes, and no. No, it doesn't work how *I* said, it used to. Yes, it's currently working without caring about the *need* for a mailbox. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
