From Y.Adamopoulos@noc.ntua.gr  Wed Sep  4 15:53:57 1996
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From: Yiorgos Adamopoulos <Y.Adamopoulos@noc.ntua.gr>
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Subject: Re: BoS: Windows NT + Netscape Mail security question.
To: nexus@adv.es (I~nigo Gonzalez)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 08:53:16 +0300 (EET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <322B6DFB.39AB@adv.es> from "I~nigo Gonzalez" at Sep 3, 96 01:30:03 am
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>  I suppose that on Un*x machines mailboxes are protected by default with file 
> permissions like 600 in standard (i.e. Well known) files; but I still don't know 
> what *really* hapens on NT boxes.

If you haven't upgraded to NTFS then its the same as Win95.  I haven't a NT
workstation with NTFS at the moment.  Anyone else?

-Yiorgos.
 Y.Adamopoulos@noc.ntua.gr