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Re: encrypted mboxes



On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:09:54PM -0500, steVe wrote:
so spake Neil Watson [2004.08.19 @ 10:26]:
Can't you just set the ownership of your files to 600?
they're already 600.  the thing is, on this network, it is very easy for
anyone with sudo access to become any other user and read their home
directory files, regardless of permissions.  neat, huh?

Doesn't that mean that they could just as easily have your email copied
to them via .forward file or a procmail recipie?

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