Re: mail.local vs. Smail3

["Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>]

In message <36912162.7C66@websci.com>
	so spake stanislav shalunov (shalunov):

> Why not remove the stupid check altogether?  These "if (uid!=0)"
> add *no* security value and are just annoyance.  Just open the
> mailbox for appending; if open() fails, say why and exit with
> an appropriate error code.

Because mail.local is generally not run with the same uid as the
recepient.  Also you can't make lock files then...

 - todd