From: "David B Funk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, jdow wrote:
>
> > With imap-2001a-18 from RedHat 9 and OutLook the user can see every
> > file within their user directory. So there's not much to do about it.
> > The best shot might be to setup a "mail" directory in which all valid
> > mail folders live. Then pray.
> >
> > If somebody does know how to keep IMAP from serving specific files or
> > all but the contents of a specific directory I'd like to know. Most
> > "tricks" I can think of make mere "ugly" too weak a term to apply.
>
> Hmm, why is RedHat distributing such an ancient version of UW imap?
> Current release is imap-2004a.
>
> Be that as it may, if you go to your imap source kit and read the
> "docs/imaprc.txt" file, you'll find out about the 'unmentioned'
> config file for UW imap.
>
> In reasonably modern versions of imap, you can put a 'set hide-dot-files'
> command in the config file to cause it to no mention any '.name' type
> files or directories on the folder list.
>
> Another alternative is to use the 'set mail-subdirectory' command to
> cause it to only list the contents of a particular subdirectory of your
> home directory. EG: 'set mail-subdirectory Mail' will cause it
> to only list those folders that live in your ~/Mail directory.
>
> That's the way we have it config'd, altho we do it the "blessed"
> way and customize the env_unix.c source and build our own ;)
>
> Now that wasn't too "ugly" ;)
Isn't that the same configuration file that declares the key words
and meanings will change form release to release and you're not supposed
to touch them?
{^_^}
