Am 12/19/13 10:55, schrieb Henning Brauer:
> * 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.

By default it's supposed to be in $HOME/Maildir:

smtpd.conf(5)

deliver to maildir path
  [snip what's quoted above]
  If path is not provided, then ~/Maildir is assumed.

Bye, Marcus

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