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Re: Converting between maildir and mbox



also sprach Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com> [2001.12.21.2131 +0100]:
> Another good reason is that maildirmake handles permission settings
> correctly, depending on whether you make private or shared maildirs.  If
> you just use mkdir, you'll get world-readable dirs, which you probably
> don't want.

if i do it, i get 0700 dirs. it does depend on your umask... ;)

but yes, you have a point. maildirmake is an abstraction layer, and
abstraction layers are what make computers usable. they are A Good
Thing(tm).

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