Aucbvax.2969 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Tue Sep 8 01:27:31 1981 making /usr/spool/mail unwritable >From allegra!phr@Berkeley Tue Sep 8 00:20:03 1981 The problem with this is that many non-suid mail readers, Berkeley 4.0bsd mail included, unlink the mail file when the last message is removed instead of truncating it. I haven't bothered to fix this yet; has anyone? Paul Rubin mhtsa!allegra!phr ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.