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Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> writes:

> 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?

# echo $MAIL

should tell you...