Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.mail.eudora.mac
Subject	Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities
Date	2017-10-17 01:44 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnouao45.2fit.g.kreme@snow.local> (permalink)
References	(5 earlier) <here-FBE057.16445715102017@news.individual.net> <slrnou87r3.2403.g.kreme@snow.local> <here-AF76D2.06062616102017@news.individual.net> <slrnoua780.2fit.g.kreme@snow.local> <1ne1gxl.6yqstzh32b87N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>

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In message <1ne1gxl.6yqstzh32b87N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> In message <here-AF76D2.06062616102017@news.individual.net> android
>> <here@there.was> wrote:
>> > In article <slrnou87r3.2403.g.kreme@snow.local>,
>> >  Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> 
>> >> In message <here-FBE057.16445715102017@news.individual.net> android
>> >> <here@there.was> wrote:
>> >> > In article <1ndxeun.lhveveld0pkhN%nmassello@yahoo.com>,
>> >> >  nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >> android <here@there.was> wrote:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> > Yes, but that one would have no protection at all towards additional
>> >> >> > users. "drwxrwxrwt" owned root in wheel...
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Folders with other owners, groups, and permissions can be created within
>> >> >> /Users/Shared. 
>> >> 
>> >> > No reason to that as you can create one with a not ambiguous name
>> >> > outside it. Like: /Users/Family. That one would not be cluttered with
>> >> > all kind of stuff put there by different prop apps.
>> >> 
>> >> What are you talking about? I don't have anything in /Users/Shared I
>> >> didn't put there.
>> 
>> > Some third party apps use it. Try "ls -al /Users/Shared/"...
>> 
>> It's been years since I saw a third party app put anything there.
>> (Blizzard used to litter that with dozens of copies of their launcher
>> app, but no more).

> I beg to differ. StarCraft II has over a 1 GB of stuff in
> /Users/Shared/Battle.net and /Users/Shared/Blizzard which is updated
> regularly, including several applications.

Oops. I was sshed into a different machine than the WoW machine. Yes,
Blizzard still puts two folders of litter in /Users/Shared (but only
23MB total for me). Nothing else is in there.

> I have several other applications that have put stuff in
> /Users/Shared/Library and several more that have put visible folders in
> /Users/Shared (some containing hidden files). Also a few ancient hidden
> ones dating back to Tiger/Leopard, most of which I can't identify.

There used to be stuff, but no more.

> Apple also puts hidden files in /Users/Shared relating to beta programme
> enrollment,

well, just teh one, right?

> and iTunes/iBooks Store has some obscurely named hidden folders "SC
> Info" and "adi". My copy of the latter hasn't been modified since 2016
> but SC Info was updated recently.

Hmm. I don't do iBooks on my Mac anymore. Since iCloud synicng works and
I have all my books in Calibre anyway, the Mac iBooks seems irrelevant to
me.

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  Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-15 10:56 +0200
    Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-15 12:34 +0000
      Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-15 14:49 +0200
        Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-10-15 07:48 -0600
          Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-15 16:44 +0200
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            Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-16 02:54 +0000
              Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 06:06 +0200
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                Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-10-17 12:32 +1300
                Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-17 01:44 +0000
              Re: Converting Eudora to Mail: Personalities nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-10-16 10:23 -0600
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