change mail directory

[Javier Ortiz Guajardo]

Hello
when you receive a mail in UNIX it is stored in the directory /var/mail/loginname.

I want to change the output to another filesystem but i don?t know how.

i?ve already set the MAIL and maildir variable to the new directory but the elm command does not take the variables i changed.

some idea?
thanks
email jortiz@gan.com.mx

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Create a symbolic link, like this:

# ln -s /tmp/mymailbin myuser

...JRF...

[someone_4]

This worked for me ..

ln -s /var/mail/user /home/user/usermail

in the home dir the file usermail will show an @. when you do an ll it will show you the file it is linked to.

Richard