Re: saving messages to files/permissions?
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 01:25:19PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:48:57AM -0500, David Champion wrote: I generally agree with Derek but I want to point out one exception to this. There are use cases for allowing specific roles/service accounts access to your unvetted email attachment files. My argument here is that these things should not exist and should be effectively replaced by mailing lists and header editing, or something similar--but I understand that some people who need this type of functionality have poor options for doing those things, so I will not complain too loudly. :) On the other hand, those without options are probably not running mutt! =8^) -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. pgpHiciYp8KDL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: saving messages to files/permissions?
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:48:57AM -0500, David Champion wrote: * On 25 Jun 2015, Derek Martin wrote: to secure it. That is a massive security failure. If other people are on your system and have access to the directory where your attachments are stored, YOU DO NOT WANT THIS. And if not, YOU DO NOT NEED THIS. So practically speaking there's no good, and significant I generally agree with Derek but I want to point out one exception to this. There are use cases for allowing specific roles/service accounts access to your unvetted email attachment files. My argument here is that these things should not exist and should be effectively replaced by mailing lists and header editing, or something similar--but I understand that some people who need this type of functionality have poor options for doing those things, so I will not complain too loudly. :) -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. pgpQgJXMbOayK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mutt on ssl gmail allow unsecure apps == off = webalert
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:48:37PM -0400, Ben Fitzgerald wrote: I'm a little confused about why google consider this unsafe. I'd like to understand this better so if anyone has pointers to reading up do please post, however my primary reason for posting is to ask if it's possible to use mutt to comply with gmail security *without* having to turn on allow insecure apps. Not just mutt, they consider any third party email application insecure. I have no idea why. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
Re: Buffy notification ordering
On 24.06.15 09:00, Ian Zimmerman wrote: When there are too many folders with new mail, the buffy notification mechanism truncates the list and replaces the rest with But not all folders are equally important, and it so happens that for me the folders that make it to the visible list are always the least important ones :( So, is there a way to control or influence the order so the important folders come first, and avoid being chopped off the list? The mailboxes list sets priority. Not only does it set the order in which mailboxes with new mail are offered as default for a 'c', it also determines the ordering of the buffy list, perhaps because it is the same. Here are the results of a quick test: Initially, there was mail in only one lower priority mailbox: =gcc-patches After I sent a mail to myself, a post to binutils also arrived, and I pressed '.' to have an immediate display: New mail in /var/spool/mail/erik, =binutils_u That's the _newest_ mail, excluding the stale new mail from the prior report, AIUI. However, pressing '.' again gives: New mail in /var/spool/mail/erik, =gcc-patches, =binutils_u Now the report is complete and prioritised. That convenient two-level reporting does admittedly not appear to be documented in the manual. Erik -- manual, n.: A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others. - Ray Simard
