diff -ruN imap-2001a.orig/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c imap-2001a/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c

--- imap-2001a.orig/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c	Wed Oct 17 23:27:59 2001

+++ imap-2001a/src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c	Sun Jan 13 14:49:33 2002

@@ -631,6 +631,8 @@

   struct passwd *pw;

   struct stat sbuf;

   char tmp[MAILTMPLEN];

+

+  memset (tmp, 0, MAILTMPLEN); /* zero out tmp */

   if (myUserName) fatal ("env_init called twice!");

 				/* myUserName must be set before dorc() call */

   myUserName = cpystr (user ? user : ANONYMOUSUSER);

@@ -676,6 +678,8 @@

     myHomeDir = cpystr (home);	/* set home directory */

   }

+  if(!myHomeDir) myHomeDir = cpystr("");  /* if myHomeDir is still a null pointer */

+

   if (allowuserconfig) {	/* allow user config files */

     dorc (strcat (strcpy (tmp,myHomeDir),"/.mminit"),T);

     dorc (strcat (strcpy (tmp,myHomeDir),"/.imaprc"),NIL);