Re: Anybody working on removing sendmail from base?

[Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:47:19 -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:

> 
> :I don't mean to reply to myself, but you guys aren't missing the fact
> :that login(1) checks MAIL at login time? It doesn't care whether it's
> :a directory or a file, I consider this a bug. At the least it should
> :say "$MAIL is a directory." or be silent. Instead it tells the user
> :"You have mail.". If this isn't a bug, think about whether MAIL should
> :have to be set to an mbox style drop for the rest of FreeBSD's life--
> :I hope not.
> :
> :-Timothy
> 
>     This is a capability that was inherited from the original login 15+
>     years ago.  It made sense back then but doesn't really make sense now.
>     The check should be made in the interactive portion of /etc/csh.login
>     instead.
> 
> 
>     For that matter, [t]csh has far better support for mail-checking.  It
>     even has automatic timed events (a periodic function) built right into
>     the shell.

. ..and zsh too.. Zsh also support the Maildir if it compiles with the
'--enable-maildir-support'. I can't live without zsh.. ;-) But, I am not
sure which is better for the mail-checking but they work..

> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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