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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To: Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU>
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Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...)
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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Mark Crispin wrote:

> 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.
>
	Curious, but why wouldn't it?  

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