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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:04:40 -0800
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To: Allen May <umayxa3@donet.com>
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Subject: Re: How do I get rid of the mail message?
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 06:08:42AM -0500, Allen May wrote:
> When I sign onto my FreeBSD 4.4 machine, it always prompts me that it has new mail.
> I don't care if this machine ever gets mail.. How do I turn this off?

How do you stop the mail? That depends on where it is coming from. How
do you stop the messages? Look at the manpage for your login shell.
-- 
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."

Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
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