diff -u -r nmh-1.0.4+dev/sbr/folder_read.c nmh-1.0.4+dev-new/sbr/folder_read.c
--- nmh-1.0.4+dev/sbr/folder_read.c	Fri Apr 30 14:08:34 1999
+++ nmh-1.0.4+dev-new/sbr/folder_read.c	Thu Dec 26 22:07:20 2002
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     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);