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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ as well as off of local or remote pop3 and imap4 servers.
You're welcome to use this library in your own programs, please see
the examples subdirectory or these other applications. All libraries
are licensd using the GNU LGPL. The documentation is licensed under
are licens
e
d using the GNU LGPL. The documentation is licensed under
the GNU FDL, and the Sieve library is licensed under a CMU license.
Everything else is licensed using the GNU GPL.
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@@ -99,6 +99,34 @@ specific configuration options:
Override the location of the mailspool. The default value depends
on the system. Usually it is either /var/spool/mail or /var/mail.
PATH is either an absolute directory name, or a valid `mbox' URL
in the form:
mbox:path;type=TYPE;param=N;user=
This method allows you to use indexed mailspools. For servers with
a really big number of users this may provide a significant speedup
in opening the mailbox.
TYPE is one of:
hash -- The user's mailbox is kept in a subdirectory
whose name is determined by hashing first
N characters of the user name. There are
256 subdirectories named from 00 through FF.
index -- The user's mailbox is located PARAM directories
down the `path'. The directories are named
after the first N letters of a login name.
For example, when N=2 the mailbox for
user `smith' is `/var/spool/mail/s/m/smith'.
rev-index -- Same as above, except that the last letters
are used, thus the mailbox for `smith' will
be /var/spool/mail/h/t/smith. This may provide
a better average distribution than the `index'
method.
If you wish to use APOP authentication in POP3 daemon, you will have
to enable DBM support in mailutils. To do so, use one of the following
options:
--with-gdbm
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@@ -116,6 +144,9 @@ specific configuration options:
Use old DBM
Only one dbm option may be specified. Which one depends on the flavor
of DBM you are using. GDBM is most common for GNU system.
--with-log-facility=facility
Enable logging to the given syslog facility. Default is `mail'.
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