Tmpdir Option

The  option is available under ,  , and. For these respective levels, it specifies a directory for storing respective temporary files. See also the  Message Store option,  which controls the location of yet another set of temporary files.

tmpdir MTA option


Directory location MTA options:  (directory path)
The  MTA option (prior to MS 7.0, this MTA option was instead called   and located in the  MTA Tailor file,  whereas   in legacy configuration is an MTA option file   option)  specifies the temporary file directory;  it defaults to   (trailing slash included).

On Linux, this option should instead be set to.

The default value in this context is: /tmp/

See also:
 * Legacy configuration MTA option file
 * Directory location MTA options
 * max_internal_blocks MTA Option
 * error_text_temporary_write_error MTA Option
 * imta_tmp MTA Option

Use with base
 The  base option specifies the temporary file directory; defaults to.

On Linux, this option should instead be set to.

See also:
 * Base options

Use with archive
 The  Message Store   option specifies the temporary directory for archived message retrieval. If not set, the  Base option value  (  in legacy configuration) is used.

On Linux, this option should instead be set to.

See also:
 * Message Store archive options

See also:
 * dbtmpdir Store Option
 * Base options
 * Directory location MTA options
 * Message Store archive options