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+<!--
+ Copyright (c) 1991 - 1993, Julianne Frances Haugh
+ Copyright (c) 1991 - 1993, Chip Rosenthal
+ Copyright (c) 2007 - 2008, Nicolas François
+ All rights reserved.
+
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+-->
+<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>MAIL_DIR</option> (string)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The mail spool directory. This is needed to manipulate the mailbox
+ when its corresponding user account is modified or deleted. If not
+ specified, a compile-time default is used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</varlistentry><varlistentry>
+ <term><option>MAIL_FILE</option> (string)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Defines the location of the users mail spool files relatively to
+ their home directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<!-- FIXME: MAIL_FILE not used in useradd -->
+<para>
+ The <option>MAIL_DIR</option> and <option>MAIL_FILE</option> variables
+ are used by <command>useradd</command>, <command>usermod</command>, and
+ <command>userdel</command> to create, move, or delete the user's mail
+ spool.
+</para>
+<para condition="no_pam">
+ If <option>MAIL_CHECK_ENAB</option> is set to
+ <replaceable>yes</replaceable>, they are also used to define the
+ <envar>MAIL</envar> environment variable.
+</para>