Re: IMAP Permissions Problem

[Nathan Saper <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 08:10:09PM -0400, Brendan Cully (brendan@xxxxxxxxxx) 
wrote:
> You should be able to get the same results by unsetting the
> configuration variable $imap_servernoise.

Wow, I feel like an idiot.  Yeah, that worked, thanks. :-)

> But I believe the warning should be taken seriously. I am assuming you
> are using UW-IMAP and that server can't properly lock the inbox. Under
> the wrong circumstances you could suffer lost mail or a corrupted
> mailbox. You should try to have the problem fixed.

I've talked to the tech support people at my IMAP provider, and they're
convinced that 1777 is a security risk.  I don't know what permissions they
have set now; they won't tell me.  It appears I'll just have to live with it
for now.

Thanks,
Nathan