From a646eb75a5639d942865ad402983f27ded1eac70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Wu Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 18:19:57 +0200 Subject: 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. --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 89b1b04..69b6366 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ be changed to `~/.Maildir/inbox` as follows: 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, -- cgit v1.2.1