Re: Policy: Mail folder creation (Re: Debian mutt package)
On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 10:07:19PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Dec 10, Scott Ellis <storm@gate.net> wrote:
>
> >I see no reason to force the spool file to exist, since MDAs can create it
> >easily.
> This is not true. MDAs must be sgid mail to be able to create spool files.
> Mutt does not needs to be sgid something because it uses an helper
> program for dot locking.
Mail DELIVERY Agents. Like deliver, procmail, qmail, etc. Mutt may mention
that you don't have a mail spool, but if you have other mail folders it
shouldn't be fatal.
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