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<!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-c (Feb 29, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds -->
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<TITLE>Local Users</TITLE>
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<A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR>
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<B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node212.html">Forwarding</A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A HREF="node210.html">Delivering Messages to Local </A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node210.html">Delivering Messages to Local </A>
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<H2><A NAME="SECTION0016810000">Local Users</A></H2>
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The most common case for a local address is to denote a user's mailbox.
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This mailbox is located in /var/spool/mail and has the name of the user.
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It is owned by her, with a group of mail, and has mode 660. If it
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does not exist, it is created by smail.
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Note that although /var/spool/mail is currently the standard place to
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put the mailbox files, some mail software may have different paths
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compiled in, for example /usr/spool/mail. If delivery to users
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on your machine fails consistently, you should try if it helps to make
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this a symbolic link to /var/spool/mail.
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<P>
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There are two addresses smail requires to exist:
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MAILER-DAEMON and Postmaster. When generating a bounce
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message for an undeliverable mail, a carbon copy is sent to the
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postmaster account for examination (in case this might be due to
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a configuration problem). The MAILER-DAEMON is used as the
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sender's address on the bounce message.
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If these addresses do not name valid accounts on your system,
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smail implicitly maps MAILER-DAEMON to postmaster,
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and postmaster to root, respectively. You should usually
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override this by aliasing the postmaster account to whoever is
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responsible for maintaining the mail software.
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Andrew Anderson <BR>
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Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I>
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