[COMP] Re: *nix syntax

-- if the user doesn't delete their mail, they eventually don't get any.

yep I agree...

execpt that the frozen mail prevented me from being able to log into
my web based control panel as well. Not sure if frozen mail would
freeze up my server's control panel.

What I was after is to offer my users a way to fix it themselves if
they messed up- less support requests for me.

I'm not on an Alabanza server anymore, a dedicated one costs $700
month and up.

I want to learn how to write my own cron jobs...I gotta learn simple
shell scripts first. At school we have to copy a simple shell script
that the teacher wrote, we have to use vi to do it.

Compared to pico, vi is evil!
ok, I've gotten accustomed to changing from input mode to command mode
so I'll get over it.

David
----- Original Message -----
From: <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <computers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:12 PM
Subject: [COMP] Re: *nix syntax


>
> > That's why I wanted my own box.
> > Now I gotta learn how to admin it myself
>
> The beauty of *nix: write a cronjob to do it manually.  Just hack a perl
> script or something that'll check the size of their mail spool and delete
> it if it's too big, run it every 12 hours or something.
>
> And besides, this is a mail quota, it's part of nearly every mail system
> -- if the user doesn't delete their mail, they eventually don't get any.
> That seems like good incentive to me to learn how to delete one's mail. :)
>
> John
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>  > Thanks
> > David
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <computers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 2:53 PM
> > Subject: [COMP] Re: *nix syntax
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > what would I have to do in /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf to make a
> > > > symlink to the /var/mail directory so a users mail directory
> > > > would show up when they ftped into their account?
> > >
> > > Why would you want that?  You probably don't want them to be ftp'ing
their
> > > email down... :)
> > >
> > > > Am I correct in thinking that a link or symlink would
> > > > accomplish this?
> > >
> > > Yeah, I'd go with a symlink.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
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