On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Daniel Ryde wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Philip Hazel wrote:
> > > I suppose it could perhaps regard "not a directory" as a positive
> > > indication that there is no .forward file, though I'm not sure I'm
> > > convinced. Remember that the forwardfile driver is used for things other
> > > than user's personal .forward files, and in those cases such an error
> > > might well indicate a configuration problem.
> >
> > This works in both smail and sendmail.
>
> But do they do the right thing when an NFS-mounted home directory isn't
> there?
Don't know actually.
> Of course, I could also make a special case of /dev/null...
Nahh, is it not better with a forwadfile private option instead? I
disslike the use of special cases. They alway pop up where
you don't want them. "ignore_homedir_error = true".
BTW as it is now it freezes the mail.. If this is a temporary NFS
timeout should'nt it be better to defer it instead?
Best Regards
Daniel Ryde, System Administrator
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