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> > Just lately ive noticed my mail command via putty no longer works an ls shows
> > tape# ls -l /usr/bin/mail
> > -r-xr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  0 Mar 20 15:34 /usr/bin/mail
> > Which to me looks ok ive no idea how to fix the file as im quite new to
> > freebsd
> A zero size mail command looks ok to you?
I suppose it would help if I mentioned how to fix it.

If you want to fix this, you will want to either copy the command from an
identical working system, or go into /usr/src/usr.bin/mail and type "make
&& make install"

-Don