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.
And your point is what?
There is no reason for mutt to require a spool file to be present.
There is no reason for mutt to create spool files. MDAs are
responsible for creating spool files. Why should be require spool
files to exist?
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