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2 total messages Started by Ssi Thu, 03 Nov 1988 01:35

#2900

Author: Ssi
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1988 01:35

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We have 5 clients and a file server. I would like to centralize
the mail spool in a public directory ie. /usr2/mail/somename .
My users are very likely to log in on different machines during
the day, also serveral people are likely to use the same login
name. I know I can send mail(1) to a full path name instead of
to a login name. How can I get biff(1) to watch for mail sent
to a pathname instead to user@machine ???
                          Greg Ripp PH: (813)628-6100

Re: biff

#2901

Author: Guy Harris
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1988 17:40

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>I know I can send mail(1) to a full path name instead of
>to a login name. How can I get biff(1) to watch for mail sent
>to a pathname instead to user@machine ???

Well, you can modify "sendmail" to notify the "comsat" daemon whenever
it stuffs mail into a file - assuming you can figure out which user to
notify (perhaps the owner of the file?)

You can't do it with the vanilla software, however.

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