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"Edward J. Sabol" <sabol@alderaan.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:

> Have you added any permission checks to Gnus? FTP gives an error if passwords
> are listed in ~/.netrc and the permissions are not 600. I think it would be
> wise if Gnus would do the same thing.

I dunno.  Why should programs police the behaviors of users?

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen