1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mailutils/popmaildir.c b/mailutils/popmaildir.c
index a4aad3662..589456715 100644
--- a/mailutils/popmaildir.c
+++ b/mailutils/popmaildir.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int popmaildir_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
                 // atomically move message to ./new/
                 target = xstrdup(filename);
-                strncpy(target, "new", 3);
+                memcpy(target, "new", 3);
                 // ... or just stop receiving on failure
                 if (rename_or_warn(filename, target))
                         break;