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authorPeter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>2015-05-27 18:19:57 +0200
committerPeter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>2015-05-27 18:19:57 +0200
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README.md: note manual creation of mailbox
This is not done automatically for simplicity, to reduce the attack surface. Reported by Mateusz Konieczny from Ask Ubuntu.
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To install femtomail on your system with the appropriate capabilities:
make install install-link-sendmail setcap
+ # You must manually create the mailbox if it does not exist yet
+ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/local-mail/inbox
Note: the femtomail binary must be installed with file capabilities set
(recommended). Alternatively, the program can run with setuid-root. Either way,