Hi!can anyone tell me which would be the most stable version of sendmail and if someone has already written script for transferring mail from /var/spool/mail to /home/(user)/inbox i.e. overwriting it and zeroing the file which is at /var/spool/mail/(user)
if anyone has a script please send me a link
thanks
Hiten.
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Hi!can anyone tell me which would be the most stable version of sendmail
The latest version, whichever that is. Check sendmail.org.
and if someone has already written script for transferring mail from /var/spool/mail to /home/(user)/inbox i.e. overwriting it and zeroing the file which is at /var/spool/mail/(user)
You don't need a script for this. I think sendmail can do it on its own. Just set the MAIL environment variable. If that doesn't work, then a simple .procmailrc file will do the trick:
DEFAULT=$HOME/inbox
That should cause procmail to use your inbox as the default mailbox.
Philip
Sometime today, Philip S Tellis wrote:
and if someone has already written script for transferring mail from /var/spool/mail to /home/(user)/inbox i.e. overwriting it and zeroing the file which is at /var/spool/mail/(user)
You don't need a script for this. I think sendmail can do it on its own. Just set the MAIL environment variable. If that doesn't work, then a simple .procmailrc file will do the trick:
DEFAULT=$HOME/inbox
You can also set your MBOX to ~/inbox in your .mailrc -> set MBOX=~/inbox
Just run mail(1) and read all the messages. When you quit, it'll save those messages in your ~/inbox (MBOX) file.
HTH.
Manish
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