At 11/1/00 09:03 AM , Toni Mueller wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 02:57:48PM -0700, Kai MacTane wrote:
> > What are the security problems with it? And will using it allow my shell
> > users to type "mail" and either get a "no new mail" message or show them
> > the contents of their mailbox if they do have something?
>
>no, imho. Why not write a small script like (no warranties here):
As it turned out, "mutt -Z -f ./Maildir/" worked just beautifully -- with
one tiny exception: at least one user claimed "the interface on /bin/mail
made her want to pull her hair out". :)
So, what I really need is an actual version of /bin/mail that supports
Maildirs. If there's anyone out there who also thinks this would be a
useful thing to have around, and who has the C skills to code it, I can
offer testing on an actual production machine, as well my eternal
gratitude. (At this point, I think it really *would* be a useful thing and
a good idea, and would be coding it myself if I spoke C.)
--Kai MacTane
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