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Among all the operations that I do not so frequently, there's the one consisting in setting up system-wide maildirs. As I always forget how to redefine this pesky MAIL variable set by default to /var/mail/username, I've decided to blog about it to record the solution: If you're directed to  /etc/login.defs  forget about it, just read the comments in it that points you to /etc/pam.d/* files. The change to do are in /etc/pam.d/su: #session    optional   pam_mail.so  nopen session    optional   pam_mail.so dir=~/Maildir nopen /etc/pam.d/sshd: #session    optional     pam_mail.so standard noenv # [1] session    optional     pam_mail.so dir=~/Maildir standard /etc/pam.d/login: #session    optional   pam_mail.so standard session    optional     pam_mail.so dir=~/Maildir standard I us...

I've been a huge fan of CPAN Testing for quite a long time now. I've even been a CPANTester. But things have changed a lot, the tools are now numerous and impressive to allow bigger and better testing. Some testers achieved more than 70 000 reports a month ! As a stat junkie I see it as a challenge... My first step to become a CPANTester is to allow sending report from my home (dynamic ADSL IP) server, through my online hosted virtual server. As it took me some time to setup the proper configuration * , below are the postfix configurations for SASL authentication on the SMTP server and client : * So much time in fact that, I even thought about ssh tunneling [French translation] Je suis un grand fan du testing CPAN depuis un bon moment. J'ai même été un CPANTester autrefois. Mais les choses ont beaucoup changé, les outils sont maintenant nombreux et impressionnant pour permettre de tester plus et mieux. Certains testeurs arrivent à produire plus de 70 000 r...