/var/mail best practice

[Bud Bach <bu...@receller.com>]

I am using a file store for my messages.  Currently my messages are in
/usr/local/james-2.2.0/apps/james/var/mail.  Would it be *better* to have it
in /var/mail?  If so, should I create a soft link from
/usr/local/james-2.2.0/apps/james/var/mail to /var/mail or just change the
config.xml file?

Re: /var/mail best practice

[Danny Angus <Da...@slc.co.uk>]

If you keep it in /usr/local/james-2.2.0/apps/james/var/mail
you will have trouble if you want to upgrade, or us another james version
on the same var/mail

I would recommend using /var/mail (or some other more or less abstract
location) and modify config.xml

I'd suggest you keep links out of the equation and reserve them for mapping
your "var/mail" onto a physical space, depending on your requirements you
might have to move it into a bigger partition and this is easier if your
configuration follows the simplest rules. i.e. 1/ config.xml always points
to var/mail 2/ var/mail links to a real directory

but thats just my 2c.

d.









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