"Anthony E. Greene" wrote:
>
> Cokey de Percin wrote:
> > Another way is to use just the root .fetchmailrc like this:
> [snip]
> > Just stack'em up. I've got 5 right now and it works just fine. Much easier
> > to administer....
>
> I thought of that, I just think it's cleaner to keep user settings in user
> home directories by default. For one thing, /home is usually on it's own
> partition. For myself, I backup home directories more often than the the
> others and I'm more careful about that data than the rest of the system.
>
> Having separate fetchmailrc files also allows each user to maintain their
> own (not likely, but possible) and to run fetchmail themselves. The machine
> I run mail on is also a workstation. I have a menu item that runs fetchmail
> for the logged-in user. This feature requires a ~/.fetchmailrc file.
>
> I know root can look at anything on the machine, but I like the idea of
> users' data being in their own directories in files owned by them.
>
Whooo, either your users are smarter than mine (quite probable, they couldn't
be any less...) or you're a great deal braver than I am. I agree with you in
theory, but in practice, at least for a small LAN.. ;-((
Best
Cokey
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