Mail files and directories can be arranged by function.
| Item |
Description |
| /usr/share/lib/Mail.rc |
Sets local system defaults for all users of the mail program.
A text file you can modify to set the default characteristics of the mail command. |
| $HOME/.mailrc |
Enables the user to change the local system defaults for
the mail facility. |
| $HOME/mbox |
Stores processed mail for the individual user. |
| /usr/bin/Mail, /usr/bin/mail,
or /usr/bin/mailx |
Specifies three names linked to the same program. The mail
program is one of the user interfaces to the mail system. |
| /var/spool/mail |
Specifies the default mail drop directory. By default, all
mail is delivered to the /var/spool/mail/UserName file. |
| /usr/bin/bellmail |
Performs local mail delivery. |
| /usr/bin/rmail |
Performs remote mail interface for BNU. |
| /var/spool/mqueue |
Contains the log file and temporary files associated with
the messages in the mail queue. |
| Item |
Description |
| /usr/sbin/sendmail |
The sendmail command. |
| /usr/ucb/mailq |
Links to the /usr/sbin/sendmail. Using mailq is
equivalent to using the /usr/sbin/sendmail -bp command. |
| /usr/ucb/newaliases |
Links to the /usr/sbin/sendmail file.
Using newaliases is equivalent to using the /usr/sbin/sendmail
-bi command. |
| /etc/netsvc.conf |
Specifies the ordering of certain name resolution services. |
| /usr/sbin/mailstats |
Formats and prints the sendmail statistics
as found in the /etc/sendmail.st file if it exists.
The /etc/sendmail.st file is the default, but
you can specify an alternative file. |
| /etc/mail/aliases |
Describes a text version of the aliases file for the sendmail command.
You can edit this file to create, modify, or delete aliases for your
system. |
| /etc/aliasesDB |
Describes a directory containing the aliases database files, DB.dir and DB.pag,
that are created from the /etc/mail/aliases file
when you run the sendmail -bi command. |
| /etc/mail/sendmail.cf |
Contains the sendmail configuration information
in text form. Edit the file to change this information. |
| /usr/lib/smdemon.cleanu |
Specifies a shell file that runs the mail queue and maintains
the sendmail log files in the /var/spool/mqueue directory. |
| /etc/mail/statistics |
Collects statistics about mail traffic. This file does not
grow. Use the /usr/sbin/mailstats command to
display the contents of this file. Delete this file if you do not
want to collect this information. |
| /var/spool/mqueue |
Describes a directory containing the temporary files associated
with each message in the queue. The directory can contain the log
file. |
| /var/spool/cron/crontabs |
Describes a directory containing files that the cron daemon
reads to determine which jobs to start. The root file
contains a line to start the smdemon.cleanu shell
script. |