Message store

The message store is the place on the local machine where email is stored. Traditionally the message store is /var/spool/mail or /var/mail, with mail stored in files bearing the local user's login name. But on massive installations, such as large ISPs, the message store may be in a database or in LDAP.

Tips

Permissions

Permissions for /var/spool/mail or /var/mail (on a system that uses this mail store) should be set to mode 755, with the group owner being "mail". Typically this local message store is created when the OS is installed.

See also

• maildir
• mbox