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From: Matt Howard <mhoward@sigins.com>
Subject: Re: What determiens where email is stored?
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:31:56 -0500
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Glynn Clements wrote:
> The above is incorrect.
> 
> Sendmail doesn't write to mail spools, and doesn't need to know where
> they reside. It just feeds the message to the delivery agent (e.g.
> procmail).
> 
> The _PATH_MAILDIR macro is for the mail.local program, which is
> "bundled" with sendmail. Unless you're actually using mail.local (and
> Adam indicated that he's using procmail), it isn't relevant.
> 

You're right -- I didn't notice he wasn't using the default local
mailer.

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Matt Howard <mhoward@sigins.com>
Superior Insurance - Technical Services