Re: [Exim] Problems with writing to spool

djc@??? (Dave C.) wrote on 10.08.00 in <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008101951190.1357-100000@???>:

> On 10 Aug 2000, Kai Henningsen wrote:
>
> > ph10@??? (Philip Hazel) wrote on 09.08.00 in
> > <Pine.SOL.4.21.0008092029040.4327-100000@???>:
> >
> > > On 9 Aug 2000, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, given that (on Debian at least) one is (by default)
> > > > /var/spool/exim/ and the other is /var/spool/mail/, I think of the two
> > > > as "Exim spool" and "mail spool".
> > >
> > > Aarrgghh!! I didn't realise Debian (ab)used the word "spool" like that,

> I don't beleive the discussion here is about what directories should be
> used - rather its about the terminology used to refer to each of

Looking at the above exchange, it seems rather hard to believe for me that
it was *not* about what directories, given that the only thing I
attributed to Debian *was* directories.


MfG Kai