Paul on Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:41:40 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] KMail from root


> Do not ever, under any circumstances, read mail as root. Ever.
> This opens you up to precisely the same problems that reading mail
> on a Windows machine with Outlook does. Don't do it. Please.

That is a scary thought! My current solution is to "xhost + localhost", "su 
paul", then "kmail &". After migrating a few items it shouldn't be a problem 
to use a regular user account.

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