Aucbvax.2928
fa.unix-wizards
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Thu Sep  3 10:30:20 1981
Re: /usr/spool/mail
>From menlo70!hao!woods@Berkeley Thu Sep  3 10:21:02 1981

  Perhaps this is my ignorance showing through, but I don't see how 
having /usr/spool/mail writable can allow you to become the super-user.
Perhaps you could illegally read other's mail, but...

P.S. Ours is not writable.

             GREG (ucbvax!menlo70!hao!woods)

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