Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:08:50 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: explain annoying "You have XXX mail messages" Message-ID: <20031003210850.GE28891@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Hi! I'd like to understand why every time I open a new terminal (or just type 'csh' in a terminal) I get a message similar to: You have XXX mail messages. The default mailbox (/var/mail/fernan) is empty, since I use procmail to deliver messages to several different mailboxes under ~/mail. Still, I keep receving this message all the time. Right now it says I have 50 messages. What are they? Where are they? I've already read the man pages for csh(1), looked in sourced rc files (~/.cshrc, /etc/csh.cshrc, ~/.login, /etc/csh.login) and, as far as I can see, there is nothing that looks like checking on available messages. It's been also difficult to google a common phrase like 'you have mail messages' to look for already answered questions. I apologize is this is a FAQ. Thanks in advance, Fernan -- F e r n a n A g u e r o http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan
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