RE: [K12OSN] Adminstration question

[Doug Simpson <simpsond leopards k12 ar us>]

If you install webmin on that server, it will allow you as root to open, 
view, delete whatever any user's email.

DS

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, wlewis wrote:

> Being a n00bie to Linux, and having inherited a RH7.3 mail server. Going
> into /var/spool/mail<username>, (this will be a stupid question) exactly
> how would one delete certain emails from user accounts. I have a user
> who cannot delete email from their account and have been trying to find
> documentation or figure out how to browse the mail on the server.
> Forgive my ignorance, but I came from M$ background. ;-(
>  
> 
> William Lewis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-admin redhat com [mailto:k12osn-admin redhat com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Wildman
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 5:42 AM
> To: k12osn redhat com
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Adminstration question
> 
> 
> If you've already read the mail, then it is probably in ~/mail or ~/Mail
> in a mail box.  If you have permission, you can look at it.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE
> jim rossberry com
> http://www.rossberry.com
> 
> On 29 Apr 2003, Stephen Liu wrote:
> 
> > Hi Steve,
> > 
> > Thanks for your advice.  Sorry for not making it clear in my previous 
> > posting.  I am the administrator having 2 email accounts as users in 
> > the same machine excluding the administrator's account, i.e. 
> > altogether having 3 email accounts for different trade.
> > 
> > The problem is when I login as administrator and have to referring to 
> > a particular email already downloaded in an user account I have to 
> > re-login as user to get that email.  Is there a solution avoiding 
> > switching re-login problem so that I can get the download email in 
> > user's account while I login as administrator?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > B.Regards
> > Stephen
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 13:07, Steve Wright wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 12:40:42PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > > > Hi all folks,
> > > > 
> > > > RH 8.0
> > > > KDE desktop
> > > > Ximian Evolution (or any email software)
> > > > 
> > > > Can an Administrator view the incoming/outgoing mail box of all 
> > > > users or a selected user without login to their/his page
> > > 
> > > Yes.
> > > 
> > > All incoming mail is stored in /var/spool/mail/<username>
> > > 
> > > As root, you may browse, search, or remove at will.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > regards,
> > > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Doug Simpson
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