sreangsu acharyya forced the electrons to say:
> >
> > I'm getting the following error on the server while accesing mails from a
> > client.
> >
> > "Mailbox vulnerable - directory /var/spool/mail must have 1777 protection"
> >
> > the directory /var/spool/mail is owned by root.mail with 775 permissions.
> ^^^
> mutt being a responsible mua is warning you that anybody and everybody can
> read all the mails!!
Not necessarily, those permissions are the default on RedHat, and are
pretty ok. It is the same with me, and mutt has never complained about
this. The group writable directory is necessary for mutt_dotlock to lock
the mailboxes.
Which MUA is complaining that /var/spool/mail is vulnerable?
Binand
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