--- archive2.pl.Dist	Fri Jan  7 03:00:49 2000
+++ archive2.pl	Sun Apr 16 23:15:49 2000
@@ -54,10 +54,23 @@
     shift(@ARGV); 
     shift(@ARGV); 
 }
-if (! -r $cf) {
-    die("$cf not readable; stopped");
+
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
+}
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
 }
-require "$cf";
 
 # All these should be in the standard PERL library
 unshift(@INC, $homedir);
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@
     exit 1;
 }
 
-$sendmail_command = $sendmail_command || "/usr/lib/sendmail";
+$sendmail_command = $sendmail_command || "/usr/sbin/sendmail";
 $bounce_mailer = $bounce_mailer || "$sendmail_command -f\$sender -t";
 &set_abort_addr($whoami_owner);
 &set_mail_from($whoami);