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From: Otmar Lendl
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:44

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I'm currently re-installing IDA-Sendmail (5.65c/1.4.4)
[ist this a stable version ?] and am considering digging into
the code to change the location of the .forward files.

I want to address the well-known problem that the mailserver
has to mount all home-dirs if .forward files are used.
A better place for these files is IMHO the mail-spool.
	* it's located on the mail-server
	* all clients have it mounted
The file-name could either be /var/spool/mail/user.forward or
/var/spool/mail/fowards/user.
File-permissions should be manageable: Same perms for the 
forward-dir as /tmp. [btw, what ARE the default permissions
for the spool dir ? and for /bin/mail ? SUID-root ? ]

Has anybody done this already ?
Is this considered a good idea ?
What traps should I expect ?

/Otmar

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|Otmar Lendl (lendl@cosy.sbg.ac.at) | Student of CS & Math at Salzburg |
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Subject: .forward files
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Summary: why not put the in the spool area ?
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