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From: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: Network-wide Mail Spool?
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Date: 7 Nov 90 17:04:04 GMT
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fpb@ittc.wec.com writes:
   Well lets see a fast scan if man pages and related things lists as items
   which (on SunOS) specifically reference /var/spool/mail/ :

Any reason why one couldn't place symlinks:

	cd /usr/spool/mail
	foreach i (*)
		mv $i ~{$i}/.newmail
		ln -s ~{$i}/.newmail $i
	end
	chmod 555 /usr/spool/mail	# to prevent removal of the links.

That's a serious question; I've been debating this for a while.  We'd
like users' mail not to occupy space in a public filesystem, but
rather take up space under the area where quotas are enforced.

--karl