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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To: Mark Crispin <MRC@Panda.COM>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Mark Crispin wrote:

> > 	Ah, so now that it seems to be determined that SVR4 and Linux both
> > set their mail spools to 775, and we know that IMAP is broken unless the
> > mail spool is set to 1777, *and* you've stated that the world has basically
> > adopted Linux...doesn't that heavily change your '99%' figure?
> 
> No.  The 99% figure has to do with using .lock files and permitting NFS
> access.
>
	But, if SVR4 and Linux both set their spools to 775, then how can
.lock files work on them?  Unless IMAP is setgid, which, as with setuid, I
believe is a NO-NO.

> Actually, no.  Some of the SVR4 and Linux guys run it with SGID mail, although
> I discourage them from doing that.
>
	Will that trigger the error message, or quiet it?

Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org