From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 7 10:10:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74FC16A420 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:10:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from SRS0=NmIC=YH=sun.com=dark@srs.perfora.net) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [217.160.230.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7139943D46 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:10:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from SRS0=NmIC=YH=sun.com=dark@srs.perfora.net) Received: from cpe-24-24-83-9.stny.res.rr.com [24.24.83.9] (helo=perfora.net) by mrelay.perfora.net with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKoyl-1ENpBG1sux-0002UV; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:10:22 -0400 Received: by perfora.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ABE272CDE; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:10:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:10:21 -0400 From: Dev Tugnait To: Mikael Backman Message-ID: <20051007101021.GA745@hellsing.vampire.net> References: <200510071206.39123.mback99@telia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200510071206.39123.mback99@telia.com> X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Info: http://unixdaemon.org X-Operating-System: Unix/6.0-BETA5 (i386) X-Uptime: 6:09AM up 50 mins, 14 users, load averages: 0.24, 0.36, 0.51 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Provags-ID: perfora.net abuse@perfora.net login:86279ff966a67224e572428c23b4bcb0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to read system mail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:10:26 -0000 type mail also check man mail...or if you have a mail server check /etc/aliases and route it to your user and read it through a client like mutt or pine * Mikael Backman (mback99@telia.com) wrote: > Hello. > This a really stupid question. > When I log in as root I keep getting messages from the system: You have mail. > But I don't know how to read them! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" +----------==/\/\==----------+ (__) FreeBSD | | \\\'',) The | Kernel ESCAFLOWNE | \/ \ ^ Power | Web http://unixdaemon.org | .\._/_) To +----------==\/\/==----------+ Serve [ We've switched the bath sponge with a tribble. ]