[Users] Attachments saved with wrong permissions

[Marco]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:02:16 -0000
Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:

Thank you for the quick reply.

> umask is a bashism.

I'm not using bash. But regardless, I think you mean that the umask
setting is irrelevant here.

> The first thing after upgrading to check is the
> release notes. The latest notes can be found under /Help/About

The /Help/About list does not contain anything related to this
issue. I assume the reason is that it only lists changes from 4.1.0
to 4.1.1 and I upgraded from 3.17.8

> if you are jumping across releases, as you seem to be, you can
> check here: https://claws-mail.org/NEWS
> 
> At that URL you will see under the 4.1.0 release notes:
> 
> * chmod 0600 is set on log files, history files, saved parts, etc.

Found it.

> This is a secure default.

It surely is. However, it means that no one except me can view or
edit the saved files. I save many attachments every day and store
them on a shared directory. Others are supposed to read and modify
them. This is a big inconvenience.

> Perhaps a new preference can be added, like the Folder chmod
> preference, allowing the user to choose a chmod value for saved
> attachments.

I'd strongly vote for that. This change makes using claws-mail very
cumbersome in a workgroup setting.

Regards
Marco