Subject: Re: "cannot lock mailbox"...
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: V. M. Haas <vhaas@cnj.digex.net>
List: current-users
Date: 08/27/1997 19:58:54
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> 3) Set yout MTA's and MUA's to 2555, uid bin, gid mail. (sendmail,
> mailx, binmail, etc.)
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> this is where this idea totally falls down for me. you think i'm
> going to trust all these programs with gid mail?
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> the concept of a single directory for multiple users' mail spools
> _has_ to be given up before you can even dream of having a safe
> and secure local mail delivery system.
"Safe and Secure" is a misnomer with Unix mail under any flavor.
Mail is transmitted in cleartext across the internet. How much
privacy do you think there is _anywhere_ in the process?
The original problem was to handle the permissions problems on the
mail spool directory. I believe the thread has lost sight of that,
and become directed at redesigning the mail process, which is
well beyond the scope of this thread.
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