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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 15:42:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...)
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PS:

On Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:01:57 -0500 (EST), Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> Give me an account on your system, then remove your mail box, and I will
> happily demonstrate what a pain in the ass it is when you stop receiving
> mail because some jackass decides to "touch /var/mail/scrappy"

That technique doesn't work on my system.