paul vixie writes: > 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 us > es those bits to protect the file from public scrutiny. If dropbox chooses > to ignore the permission bits, that's hardly MH's fau > lt. > > making this always be ~/@ rather than ./@ would fix this, even on > dropbox systems, wouldn't it?
Answering both at once. On one hand I agree with you, on another I don't. The @ file is something that is hardly every seen; one won't even notice unless one suspends when replying or is looking at the same directory from another window. It has the element of surprise which is not a great thing in the UI sense. I would suggest making it `mhpath +`/@ instead of ~/@. Should be fine in ~ but people expect mail stuff in the mail directory, and there are already plenty of other temporary files that go there such as occasional turds left over from post. Jon
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