(debian-policy.info)The system-wide mail directory

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9.1.3 The system-wide mail directory
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The system-wide mail directory is ‘/var/mail’.  This directory is part
of the base system and should not be owned by any particular mail
agents.  The use of the old location ‘/var/spool/mail’ is deprecated,
even though the spool may still be physically located there.