paul wrote: > On 3/15/2012 6:12 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > On 2012-03-15, at 11:04 AM, Jon Steinhart wrote: > >> But times have changed, and it doesn't work well with new stuff like > >> dropbox. > > And dropbox is not a typical directory in the filesystem. If you use a > > service that explicitly makes files publicly available you shouldn't be > > surprised when it does what it's advertised to do. > > > > MH quite reasonably assumes UNIX filesystem semantics. In particular, > > it assumes the permission bits are honoured, and it uses those bits to > > protect the file from public scrutiny. If dropbox chooses to ignore the > > permission bits, that's hardly MH's fault. > > making this always be ~/@ rather than ./@ would fix this, even on > dropbox systems, wouldn't it?
or making the behavior controllable. paul =--------------------- paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma, where it's 41.0 degrees)
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