Package: checkgmail Version: 1.12-1 Severity: minor This bug was initially reported in Ubuntu (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkgmail/+bug/164187 ) but your version seems affected too.
Attached patch should fix this bug report. Thank you.
--- /usr/bin/checkgmail 2007-06-19 10:18:55.000000000 +0200 +++ checkgmail 2007-11-20 21:53:40.000000000 +0100 @@ -376,11 +376,11 @@ if (-e "$prefs_dir") { print "Moving ~/.checkgmail to ~/.checkgmail/prefs ...\n\n"; rename("$HOME/.checkgmail", "$HOME/.checkgmailbak"); - mkdir($prefs_dir, 0777); + mkdir($prefs_dir, 0700); rename("$HOME/.checkgmailbak", "$prefs_dir/prefs"); } else { # User hasn't run an old version, just create the dir - mkdir($prefs_dir, 0777); + mkdir($prefs_dir, 0700); } }