[comp.mail.mush] Mail Groups

phil@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Phil Meyer) (09/23/89)

I am interested in allowing other users to read my mail.  I DO NOT want
public access, that is too easy.  I want group access.  I want to specify
that mary and fred can read mailbox /usr/mail/phil, but that no-one else
on the system (other than phil himself) can read this mailbox.

The docs for mush only indicate that there may be problems with rmail in
this regard.  I have used other SYSV mail programs (but liked none of them
as well as mush -- we LOVE mush!) that would allow you to make lists
of access priveleges, ie:  I make a list of logins that can read my mailbox,
and can specify permissions for read/write:
	mary  RW
	fred  R

Can I do something like this for mush?

In another vein...
I can specify permissions with the MAILCHECK variable, but SYSV rmail
doen't use it, nor does it do setuid, only setgid.  Therefore I find it
hard to see a way to do group permissions using just rmail.

I have heard of sendmail, but have not seen it in the archives.  Is a
SYSV version available?  Or am I missing a possibility with rmail.

Certainly many of you have greater grey matter than I, so this message.

Any suggestions are welcome.
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