diff -uprk.orig mutt-1.4.orig/compress.c mutt-1.4/compress.c

--- mutt-1.4.orig/compress.c	2003-01-24 13:28:22 +0300

+++ mutt-1.4/compress.c	2003-01-24 15:09:30 +0300

@@ -129,12 +129,21 @@ static COMPRESS_INFO *set_compress_info 

 static void set_path (CONTEXT* ctx)

 {

   char tmppath[_POSIX_PATH_MAX];

+  FILE *fp;

+

+  /* XXX: Create the temporary file and reopen it w/out O_EXCL, this method

+   * has it's problems: see Zalewski's paper about tmp cleaners, but

+   * we call compressor with the filename ... */

+  if ((fp = mutt_mktempfile (tmppath, sizeof (tmppath), "w")) == NULL)

+  {

+    mutt_perror ("could not create temporary folder");

+    return;

+  }

+  fclose (fp);

+  fp = NULL;

   /* Setup the right paths */

   ctx->realpath = ctx->path;

-

-  /* Uncompress to /tmp */

-  mutt_mktemp (tmppath);

   ctx->path = safe_malloc (strlen (tmppath) + 1);

   strcpy (ctx->path, tmppath);

 }

diff -uprk.orig mutt-1.4.orig/nntp.c mutt-1.4/nntp.c

--- mutt-1.4.orig/nntp.c	2003-01-24 13:28:22 +0300

+++ mutt-1.4/nntp.c	2003-01-24 15:12:53 +0300

@@ -403,9 +403,11 @@ static int nntp_read_header (CONTEXT *ct

   int ret;

   HEADER *h = ctx->hdrs[ctx->msgcount];

-  mutt_mktemp (tempfile);

-  if (!(f = safe_fopen (tempfile, "w+")))

+  if (!(f = mutt_mktempfile (tempfile, sizeof (tempfile), "w+")))

+  {

+    mutt_perror ("mutt_mktempfile");

     return -1;

+  }

   if (!msgid)

     snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "HEAD %d\r\n", article_num);

@@ -893,13 +895,12 @@ int nntp_fetch_message (MESSAGE *msg, CO

   mutt_message (m);

   cache->index = ctx->hdrs[msgno]->index;

-  mutt_mktemp (path);

-  cache->path = safe_strdup (path);

-  if (!(msg->fp = safe_fopen (path, "w+")))

+  if (!(msg->fp = mutt_mktempfile (path, sizeof (path), "w+")))

   {

-    FREE (&cache->path);

+    mutt_perror ("mutt_mktempfile");

     return -1;

   }

+  cache->path = safe_strdup (path);

   if (ctx->hdrs[msgno]->article_num == 0)

     snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "ARTICLE %s\r\n",