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There are two places where you can put a procmail command file: /a/mail/procmailrc/$user or ~/.procmailrc . The latter name is the standard location for a procmail file, and it's supported at Nevis. The former location is preferred, however, since the file will remain available to the mail server if your home directory becomes unavailable; e.g., if your group's server goes down.
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There are two places where you can put your forwarding instructions: /a/mail/forward/$user or ~/.forward . The latter name is the standard location for a forwarding file, and it's supported at Nevis. The former location is preferred, however, since the file will remain available to the mail server if your home directory becomes unavailable; e.g., if your group's server goes down. |
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< < | This is the default location of your IMAP mail files. On the mail server, this path is /mail/folders/$user , but the above path makes the file visible on other the other systems on the cluster via automount![]() | |||||||
> > | This is the default location of your IMAP mail files. On the mail server, this path is /mail/folders/$user , but the above path makes the file visible on other the other systems on the cluster via automount. | |||||||
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< < | This is the default location of your IMAP mail files (after we've made the IMAP file switch on 18-Feb-09). On the mail server, this path is /mail/folders/$user , but the above path makes the file visible on other the other systems on the cluster via automount![]() | |||||||
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< < | There are two places where you can put your forwarding instructions: /a/mail/forward/$user or ~/.forward . The latter name is the standard location for a forwarding file, and it's supported at Nevis. The former location is preferred, however, since the file will remain available to the mail server if your home directory becomes unavailable; e.g., if your group's server![]() | |||||||
> > | There are two places where you can put your forwarding instructions: /a/mail/forward/$user or ~/.forward . The latter name is the standard location for a forwarding file, and it's supported at Nevis. The former location is preferred, however, since the file will remain available to the mail server if your home directory becomes unavailable; e.g., if your group's server goes down. | |||||||
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< < | There are two places where you can put a procmail command file: /a/mail/procmailrc/$user or ~/.procmailrc . The latter name is the standard location for a procmail file, and it's supported at Nevis. The former location is preferred, however, since the file will remain available to the mail server if your home directory becomes unavailable; e.g., if your group's server![]() | |||||||
> > | There are two places where you can put a procmail command file: /a/mail/procmailrc/$user or ~/.procmailrc . The latter name is the standard location for a procmail file, and it's supported at Nevis. The former location is preferred, however, since the file will remain available to the mail server if your home directory becomes unavailable; e.g., if your group's server goes down. | |||||||
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This file contains the list of IMAP folders that you see in your mail reader. For the most part, you don't have to change the contents of this file; you can drag, drop, create, (un)subscribe, etc., using your mail program. But every once in a while, it's easier to edit this text file than it is to manually click on lots of different folders. | |||||||
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This is the file that contains the contents of your INBOX. On the mail server, it's located in |