Permission on local email messages

Hi,

I've set up offlineimap on my Debian system to backup my
Gmail account, and it
all works great. There is only one problem: All my local
email messages, that
are stored in the Maildir format, get permission 644. Is
there any way that I
can have offlineimap just make the email messages readable
by me?

-- 
Rickard Lindberg

On Wed January 9 2008 11:07:59 am Rickard Lindberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've set up offlineimap on my Debian system to backup
my Gmail account,
> and it all works great. There is only one problem: All
my local email
> messages, that are stored in the Maildir format, get
permission 644. Is
> there any way that I can have offlineimap just make the
email messages
> readable by me?

Easiest thing is just change the permissions of the parent
directory.

Otherwise, set your umask.  Google for umask for some help.

-- John

But even if the parent directory is only readable by the
user, can't
another user still view the email if he knows the full
path?

On Jan 9, 2008 7:31 PM, John Goerzen <jgoerzencomplete.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed January 9 2008 11:07:59 am Rickard Lindberg
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've set up offlineimap on my Debian system to
backup my Gmail account,
> > and it all works great. There is only one problem:
All my local email
> > messages, that are stored in the Maildir format,
get permission 644. Is
> > there any way that I can have offlineimap just
make the email messages
> > readable by me?
>
> Easiest thing is just change the permissions of the
parent directory.
>
> Otherwise, set your umask.  Google for umask for some
help.
>
> -- John
>



-- 
Rickard Lindberg

On Wed January 9 2008 1:48:26 pm Rickard Lindberg wrote:
> But even if the parent directory is only readable by
the user, can't
> another user still view the email if he knows the full
path?

No.  If the folder permissions are something like 0700, only
you can get in.

-- John