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Old 11-06-2002
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What are the security implications if a mail account in the name of "nobody" has world readable and writable permissions
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What type of mailer are you using (and version)?

Normally (for Sendmail) the mailer-daemon and nobody mail goes to /dev/null. Check out the security checklist @ University of Washington
and FAQ @ Sendmail.org for more info.
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