PHP.INI

Hello people of the list! Just a quick question here: To get BasiliX PHP based webmail (www.basilix.org) running on my SuSE 7 up-to-date box I have to set "safe_mode = Off" in my /etc/httpd/php.ini. Since this sounds like a security risk, is it really? Or doesn't it matter since I'm the only one using php pages and nobody has shell access etc. Thanx in advance and sorry for my poor english. -- Ralf Vroomen.