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Date:      16 May 2001 11:21:16 -0400
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: full var directory
Message-ID:  <x7wv7h9v6b.fsf@onceler.kciLink.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010515185706.6182C-100000@localhost>
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>>>>> "CH" == Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> writes:

CH> In my experience, it's because root's mailbox (in /var/mail) gets filled
CH> up with the stuff sent to root by cron every day. I log in as root every
CH> once in a while and delete some mail; helps to keep things clear.


You *really* should alias root mail to go to a real user in your
/etc/aliases file.  Really.  Logging in as root to read mail is just
asking for trouble some day...

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