Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:49:37 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: sendmail??? Message-ID: <20010620084937.C29279@everest.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <01062000115202.62495@omsk.mushinsky.net>; from "Isaac Mushinsky" on Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 12:11:52AM -0400 References: <01062000115202.62495@omsk.mushinsky.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] * Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net> [20010620 07:14]: writing on the subject 'Fwd: Re: sendmail???' Isaac> I assume this only happens when you log in as root? Some daemons and system Isaac> programs can write mail directly to your mailbox. They do not 'send' the Isaac> mail, they just write you messages. Some day you may be sorry to miss this Isaac> mail, but if you are determined to get rid of it, redirect the mail to some Isaac> other user or try linking the root's mailbox to /dev/null altogether. Linking root's mailbox to /dev/null?? Throwing everything to the bit bucket? You don't want to do that!!!! You may miss some very critical information from the system. What I've always done is create another account that I'd use for Admin purposes and redirect all root's mail to it. root: admin #In my aliases file About you have new mail, my understanding is that some shells have that built-in capability to notify you if the contents of your $MAILBOX have been changed - I guess biffer is such a notifier - and I love to know that I have new mail. I even have mine producing some sound on the PC speaker! Isaac> On Tuesday 19 June 2001 23:43, you wrote: Isaac> > whenever i login a console, i got a message"you have a mail"..even if i Isaac> > removed "sendmail".... How can i get rid of this? or where should i check Isaac> > out? Isaac> > Isaac> > Thank you in advance... Isaac> > Isaac> > Isaac> > Isaac> > Isaac> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Isaac> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Isaac> Isaac> ------------------------------------------------------- Isaac> Isaac> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Isaac> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do. -Dylan Thomas [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7MDlxn7LIsuxjem8RAiB1AKCnzkLGDA9FNugmUsE0GsKM/v5LJgCfVgUP EKdZ5ZkxHHqzWAYjJsGDKBo= =ufD4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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