Re: Attention: imapd gpoing back to $HOME as mailbox root
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Onno Ebbinge wrote:
> Maybe there is...
>
> You could patch the program to set the variable at startup from
> a parameter or configfile. I haven't seen the source but reading a
> variable from a parameter or config file at startup shouldn't be
> hard...
>
Sorry for the late reply, I haven't been reading debian-user for a while.
There is actually a configuration file of sorts. See
/usr/share/doc/libc-client4.7/imaprc.txt for details. Note also the
warning the author has put in it.
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* DANGER! BEWARE! TAKE CARE! *
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* *
* These files, and this documentation, are for internal UW usage *
* only. This capability is for UW experimental tinkering, and most *
* emphatically *not* for sorcerer's apprentices at other sites who *
* feel that if a config file capability exists, they must write a *
* config file whether or not there is any need for one. *
* *
* This information is subject to change without notice. Commands *
* may be added, removed, or altered. The behavior of comamnds may *
* change. Do not use any of this information without consulting me *
* first. c-client's defaults have been carefully chosen to be right *
* for general-purpose and most special-purpose configurations. If *
* you tinker with these defaults, all hell may break loose. *
* *
* This is not an idle threat. There have been several instances of *
* people who ignored these warnings and have gotten burned. *
* *
* Don't even trust this file to work. Many of the things which can *
* be changed by this file can also be changed by the application, *
* and it is totally unpredictable which will take precedence. It *
* all depends upon how the application is coded. Not only that, you *
* may cause the application to crash. *
* *
* In other words, keep your cotton-pickin' hands off my defaults. *
* If it crashes and erases your mail, I don't want to hear about it. *
* Consider 'em ``mandatory defaults''. Got a nice ring, eh? :-) If *
* you must tinker with defaults, play with the .pinerc and pine.conf *
* files in Pine. It's got options galore, all supported for you to *
* have fun. They're also documented; so well documented, it takes *
* two strong men to carry around all the documentation. ;-) ;-) *
* *
* Joking aside, you really shouldn't be fooling around with this *
* capability. It's dangerous, and you can shoot yourself in the *
* foot easily. If you need custom changes, you are better off with *
* local source code modifications. Seriously. *
* *
* One last warning: don't believe anything that you read in this *
* document. Every effort has been made to ensure that this document *
* is incomplete and inaccurate, and I take no responsibility for any *
* glimmers of correct information that may, by some fluke, be here. *
* *
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If after reading that you still aren't afraid, try it. Let me know if it
works and when I upload 4.7a-1 (which I just Debianized) I'll include
instructions on it.
--
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
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