* Craig R. Skinner <[email protected]> [2013-12-19 10:18]:
> On 2013-12-18 Wed 20:48 PM |, J??r??mie Courr??ges-Anglas wrote:
> > [email protected] (Craig R. Skinner) writes:
> > > On 2013-12-18 Wed 15:54 PM |, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > >> > > > > Check the security of /var/mail/dirs similar to /var/mail/boxes:
> > >> > > 
> > >> 
> > >> Indeed, but security(8) really reflects things in the base OS,
> > >> 
> > >
> > > smtpd.conf(8)
> > >   deliver to maildir path
> > >           Mail is added to a maildir.  Its location, path, may
> > >           contain format specifiers that are expanded before use
> > >
> > >
> > > Therefore: ... deliver to maildir /var/mail/%{user.username}
> > "Therefore"?  How so?  What's the logic, here?
> THEREFORE software in base can deliver to maildir in /var/mail

THEREFORE software in base can also deliver mail to
/omgohmymail/pr0n/$uid - does that mean we check it in security?

The question is rather wether Maildirs in /var/mail are a common
enough setup to warrant a check in security.

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