On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Fredrik Jervfors wrote: >>>>> Might it not be easier to store these and other user specific files >>>>> in the users home dir to eliminate this problem? >>>> >>>> um... you want to give a web application permission to write to $HOME >>>> >>>> >>>> Well, yeah, THAT sound like a great idea. >>>> >>> >>> how the hell do you think you create extra folders... the server >>> hardware doesnt say oh he wants directory deadbeat so lets create it.. >>> SM creates >>> initiates its creation, and that can be expanded to create what is >>> needed. >> >> SquirrelMail doesn't create the folders - it tells the IMAP server to >> create them. That means that the web server doesn't need to have access to >> the $HOME directories. The IMAP server need that access though. > > Depending on if the IMAP server store the mails in $HOME of course. Some > IMAP servers store the mails in other places. yes, used to usea most popular one that uses /var/imap :) -- Cheers Res "Just a world that we all must share, it's not enough just to stand and stare, is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away" - Floyd ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
