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I decided to make a SYMLINK from /var/mail -&gt; /usr/mail ... I'm safe for another 100GBs.<br />
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Thanks for your input.
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I decided to make a SYMLINK from /var/mail -> /usr/mail ... I'm safe for another 100GBs.

Thanks for your input.

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Thanks for your input. (See below my solution.)
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Thanks for your input. (See below my solution.)

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I'm using FreeBSD (7.x) and Sendmail as the MTA. (ProcMail is also used to parse SPAM)<br />
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I recently noticed/discovered that MY mail is stored inside my $HOME folder, filename mbox.<br />
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Then I noticed others mail is stored (and left) in the folder /var/mail/$USERID.<br />
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Where is it that I specify where the incoming mail is stored? and/or how could mine be different?<br />
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This might be a little vague, I hope I explained my situation well enough - and appreciate your help. A big motivator here is that my '/var' partition is getting VERY full whereas my '/usr' folder has plenty of space.<br />
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I've tried searching - I find a slew of &quot;maybe&quot; solutions, but it seems that nothing this specific.<br />
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Thanks
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I'm using FreeBSD (7.x) and Sendmail as the MTA. (ProcMail is also used to parse SPAM)

I recently noticed/discovered that MY mail is stored inside my $HOME folder, filename mbox.

Then I noticed others mail is stored (and left) in the folder /var/mail/$USERID.

Where is it that I specify where the incoming mail is stored? and/or how could mine be different?

This might be a little vague, I hope I explained my situation well enough - and appreciate your help. A big motivator here is that my '/var' partition is getting VERY full whereas my '/usr' folder has plenty of space.

I've tried searching - I find a slew of "maybe" solutions, but it seems that nothing this specific.

Thanks

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