NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/unix/question/14998

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From: [e-mail] (Joe P. DeCello)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Question about .forward
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Date: 28 Dec 92 15:24:42 GMT
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In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Dallman Ross) writes:
]Dallman Ross ([e-mail]) wrote:
]: If I have a .forward file directing a cc of mail to another system, can
]: I safely rm mbox without fear of losing mail that comes right at that
]: moment?  Or does the .forward work only *after* mail is deposited in the
]: spool, which could result in such a loss?
]
]Whoops, I meant to say rm /usr/spool/mail/$USER file up there instead of
]"mbox."
]
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I know you can do this, and even if I am wrong, as long as /usr/spool/mail dir exists, $USER will
be recreated anyway, if it IS needed.
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