On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:43:03 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > Why not /dev/null? > > Have you actually read through the entire RC file yet? <bows head in em-bare-ass-ment> > The idea would be to collect the crap, inspect the crap, then delete > the crap... I generally don't want to inspect crap, but I see your point. > Just like having Exchange and using a public message box/forum - do > you want your wife to CC you on email funnies, or you to CC her on > them? Why not dump them into a public folder that everyone in the > house can access so that you're not necessarily CC'ing everyone that > you live with - helps to cut down unnecessary email traffic, ya > reckon? I've got public folders that I copy stuff to for legal > purposes - so the wife and look at them or refer back to them for > accounting/business reasons... Like I say, this is more of a learning thing than a practical thing... Like you say below, baby steps? > > > > Well, I'll take that as encouragement and get started in the AM. > > It's so easy even YOU can do it. Uh, er, thanks... <G> > > But I want to know *how* I would do it in a large scale ops... > > apparently this Linux thing could become attractive in certain > > business sectors, or so I've read in the tabloids, so I would like > > to be able to say, hey, I know how to do that... > > Baby steps, Bob. I gotcha. > > Maybe, tho, I've got two things confused, using a *global* > > fetchmail, postfix, and procmail config, and running the lot as a > > system service. I*do* want it to run at boot, and not just as a > > regular user. > > If you setup proper cron jobs, they run at boot - and why even bother > to reboot a unix/linux box anyways? True, true. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. -- Martin Luther
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