Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 13:34:54 -0000 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: explain annoying "You have XXX mail messages" Message-ID: <20031004133424.GB59363@iib.unsam.edu.ar> In-Reply-To: <441xtt28gu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20031003210850.GE28891@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <441xtt28gu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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+----[ Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> (03.Oct.2003 20:44): | | 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... | +----] Hi! Thanks for your reply, [fernan@pi] echo $MAIL /var/mail/fernan [fernan@pi] ls -l $MAIL -rw-rw---- 1 fernan mail 0 Oct 4 09:56 /var/mail/fernan As I said, the default mailbox (/var/mail/fernan, aka $MAIL) is empty, since I use procmail to deliver to ~/mail/inbox (default) and other mailboxes under ~/mail. I've just sent a reply to another suggestion I got. I've CC'ed @questions. Fernan, still intrigued. -- F e r n a n A g u e r o http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan
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