We use elm and qmail. Elm 2.4ME+ PL43 (25), of Jun, 1998 This is what elm does with the tmp file in /tmp for me (cfm): mbox.Mailbox-cfm We set MAIL_FILE Mailbox in login.defs (for linux PAM) but you can also export MAIL=/full/path/to/Mailbox Works smooth as a smelt. cfm > > Russ Allbery: > > > Vince Vielhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> A look at the man page doesn't show a variable for the mailbox location. > >> It appears that it's compiled in. It does, however, accept a command > >> line switch to the mailbox. > > > elm uses $MAIL. > > >> Things could have changed, this man page is for an older version of elm > >> on hpux9 (ver 70.85). > > > Ew. The "contrib" software shipped with HP-UX 9 was something like two > > years old when they shipped it. > > > -- > > Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> > > Elm 2.4 PL25 does indeed support $MAIL. There is another snag, > though. Elm 2.4 PL25 creates a temporary file named /tmp/$MAIL. It > bails out if there is already a file with that name, meaning that if > you set $MAIL to "Mailbox" i.e., only one user at a time can read > mail ... > > -- > > Joerg Lenneis > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Christopher F. Miller, Publisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] MaineStreet Communications, Inc 208 Portland Road, Gray, ME 04039 1.207.657.5078 (MTRF 3-5pm) http://www.maine.com/
