diff -u -r nmh/sbr/folder_read.c nmh-new/sbr/folder_read.c
--- nmh/sbr/folder_read.c	Fri Oct 24 16:17:23 2003
+++ nmh-new/sbr/folder_read.c	Mon Feb  9 23:24:37 2004
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     mp->numsel = 0;
     mp->nummsg = 0;
 
-    if (access (name, W_OK) == -1 || st.st_uid != getuid())
+    if (access (name, W_OK) == -1)
 	set_readonly (mp);
     prefix_len = strlen(BACKUP_PREFIX);