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Date:      Thu, 26 Nov 1998 09:11:17 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        Jerry <jerryr@ComCAT.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: inbox READ ONLY
Message-ID:  <Pine.SCO.3.96.981126091009.26961B-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9811251336350.38-100000@uw>

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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Jerry wrote:

> I have no problem with pine under root but users are getting Inbox Read
> Only when they get mail through pine.
> 
> The permissions look ok.....
> 
> drwxrwxr-x      /var/mail
> -rw-------      /var/mail/user1
> -rw-------      /var/mail/user2 
> 
> any ideas?

pine needs to have write permission on /var/mail. /var/mail should
have gid=mail, so pine needs to be install setgid=mail as well.

Cheers.
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