Re: [Evolution] Accessing remote mailboxes

[Bryn Jeffries <b jeffries1 physics ox ac uk>]

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 22:27, Not Zed wrote:
> We need to lock, otherwise you will lose/corrupt e-mail messages.
>
> It just needs write access to the mail spool directory, which is done by
> the right owner/group setuid/setgid on
> '/usr/libexec/evolution/1.4/camel/camel-lock-helper'.  But, it also
> checks the uid of the file is the same as you.  So if they're not you
> might be screwed.
>
> As an unsafe work-around, you could try setting up a link in another
> local directory, but that wont get past the uid check either.
>
> e.g.
>
> ~/foo/me

This appears to work fine, thanks.

Bryn