On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 02:37:14PM -0500, John Dubchak wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 15:24 -0400, Victor Duchovni wrote:
> >
> > If you want to reduce security, set the parameter to "/" as documented.
>
> That's not my goal, so it's not a change I'm willing to introduce.
> Also, I wasn't aware that I'd be reducing security by doing that, so
> thanks for pointing that out to me.
Allowing the database to specify arbitrary mailbox paths reduces security.
Setting an explicit sub-tree of the filesystem for mailbox locations is
safer. If you want absolute paths in the database table, you want the
reduced security. Otherwise, trim-off a common prefix, and specify only
the relative path in the table.
--
Viktor.
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