diff -ruN imap-4.6.BETA.orig/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c imap-4.6.BETA/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c
--- imap-4.6.BETA.orig/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c	Wed Apr 21 17:38:54 1999
+++ imap-4.6.BETA/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c	Sun May  2 00:39:42 1999
@@ -514,7 +514,8 @@
       nslist[0] = &nshome,nslist[1] = &nsblackother,nslist[2] = &nsshared;
     else {			/* not a black box */
       nslist[0] = &nshome,nslist[1] = &nsunixother,nslist[2] = &nsshared;
-      myHomeDir = cpystr (home);/* use real home directory */
+      sprintf (tmp,"/var/imap/%s",myUserName); /* DON'T use real home dir */
+      myHomeDir = cpystr (tmp);                /* use /var/imap/<userid> */
 				/* make sure user rc files don't try this */
       blackBoxDir = blackBoxDefaultHome = "";
     }