[Bug 344163] [NEW] Default config uses bad check_mail setting.

[Jeremy Thurgood]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: multitail

The default configuration for multitail has the check_mail option set to
"5". This causes multitail to look for /var/mail/$USER, which does not
exist on any Ubuntu machine I've used.

Description:    Ubuntu 8.04.2
Release:        8.04

Package: multitail
Version: 5.2.0-1

(The same issue exists in 5.2.2-1, which is the version Intrepid and
Jaunty use.)

The fix is to set check_mail to "0" in the default configuration file,
which disables mail checking. (Personally, I don't why a log tailer
needs to check my mail anyway.)

** Affects: multitail (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: multitail
  
  The default configuration for multitail has the check_mail option set to
  "5". This causes multitail to look for /var/mail/$USER, which does not
  exist on any Ubuntu machine I've used.
  
  Description:    Ubuntu 8.04.2
  Release:        8.04
  
  Package: multitail
  Version: 5.2.0-1
  
+ (The same issue exists in 5.2.2-1, which is the version Intrepid and
+ Jaunty use.)
+ 
  The fix is to set check_mail to "0" in the default configuration file,
  which disables mail checking. (Personally, I don't why a log tailer
  needs to check my mail anyway.)

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Default config uses bad check_mail setting.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344163
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