+++ Randy Bush [exim-users] <20/08/01 13:44 -0700>:
> >>> FreeBSD uses root:mail 775 /var/mail.
> >> yes, but pine is screaming at my users that it is insecure because pine
> >> wants it 1777. any hints?
> > 1. See the pine release notes
> > 2. Ignore it.
>
> pain to tell that to a lot of users. does not scale.
Then, as Phil Pennock says, patch the source. Or, better, ditch pine and
use mutt. Or gnus. Or whatever.
[You could revert to an older version of pine - ISTR 3.x and early 4.x pines
did not bitch about permissions]
-suresh
