Variable: rmail-spool-directory

rmail-spool-directory is a customizable variable defined in rmail.el.gz.

Value

"/var/mail/"

Documentation

Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.

Its name should end with a slash.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/rmail.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defcustom rmail-spool-directory
  (purecopy
  (cond ((file-exists-p "/var/mail")
	 ;; SVR4 and recent BSD are said to use this.
	 ;; Rather than trying to know precisely which systems use it,
	 ;; let's assume this dir is never used for anything else.
	 "/var/mail/")
	;; Many GNU/Linux systems use this name.
	((file-exists-p "/var/spool/mail") "/var/spool/mail/")
	((memq system-type '(hpux usg-unix-v)) "/usr/mail/")
	(t "/usr/spool/mail/")))
  "Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
Its name should end with a slash."
  :initialize #'custom-initialize-delay
  :type 'directory
  :group 'rmail)