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To: offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "Rickard Lindberg" <ricli85@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Permission on local email messages
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:31:14 -0600 
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
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