On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Mark Murray wrote:
> If the file is removed (and the thread of the discussion is that
> mode 1777 mailspools are _evil_, remember), John Q Hacker can deny
> you mail by doing "touch /var/mail/yourname". Most mailers are paid
> to deliver mail seteuid to the user being delivered to, and will
> break _horribly_ in this case.
At least Exim doesn't, I hope. If the file owner is wrong, it will
freeze the message on the queue. This should bring the situation to the
postmaster's attention.
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