From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 3 14:09:18 2003 Return-Path: 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 78B3016A4B3 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:09:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.unsam.edu.ar (smtp.unsam.edu.ar [170.210.48.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9353F43FEC for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:09:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar [192.168.10.11]) by smtp.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h93LBhMa042181 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:11:43 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h93L8v1t055349 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:08:58 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: (from fernan@localhost) by pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h93L8oFX055348 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:08:50 -0300 (ART) X-Authentication-Warning: pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar: fernan set sender to fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar using -f Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:08:50 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031003210850.GE28891@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Mail-Followup-To: Fernan Aguero , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: explain annoying "You have XXX mail messages" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 21:09:18 -0000 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