Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ukc!root44!pdl From: pdl@root44.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: /bin/mail Message-ID: <3171@root44.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Jun-83 12:51:10 EDT Article-I.D.: root44.3171 Posted: Sun Jun 12 12:51:10 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 23:17:20 EDT Lines: 6 Mail readers SHOULDN'T delete empty mailboxes, since the owner normally decides what mode the mailbox will have (to allow/disallow reading by other users etc.). System III operates with set-gid mail and seems to work O.K., the problem is therefore in nasty mail readers that remove mailboxes! Dave Lukes. (...!vax135!ukc!root44!pdl)