If UMASK (upper-case) in the .procmailrc doesn't work, your system may
be set up to run ACLs (Access Control Lists), which override UMASK. In
that case, you'll have to ask your sysadmin to adjust your ACLs or give
you permission to do that yourself. (Assuming, of course, it's not your
own system.)
I found this at
http://www.procmail.org/jari/pm-tips-body.html#procmail_changes_mailbox_and_directory
" when the UMASK environment variable is more restrictive than the mode of
the mailbox, procmail changes the mode of the mailbox. The default value of
UMASK is 077. If you want to preserve the group access to your mailbox, I
think you can set UMASK to 007 in the rcfile:
UMASK = 007
Further note: the above UMASK suggestion in .procmailrc does not work. See
comment by Gjermund Sørseth gjermund(_at_)nextel(_dot_)no "
It is true, I tried this and it didn't work.. My system does not use ACLs..
What is strange is that procmail should be using the default UMASK of 077
and it is not.. I'm starting to think that this "feature" is hardcoded.. even
if I could change the UMASK how can I adjust the default group? and why the
wheel group? I find it very strange that it would be so careless by default..
Any suggestions on the portion of code I should modify? Is this a procmail
bug? I've been working on this for two days now..
Thanks.
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