Directory permissions and security for our downloaded products

The downloaded versions (that you install on your own server) of our software (particularly Email Marketing and Help Desk) require that certain directories have permissions for scripts in our software to read/write/execute.On a Linux server, this typically means to CHMOD the directories to 777. Some may perceive this as a security flaw, allowing any application or process to write to that folder. It's not, in fact, an issue with our software. It's only a security issue if your server is not set...