From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 23 08:05:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E96941065672 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:05:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from cp-out10.libero.it (cp-out10.libero.it [212.52.84.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA108FC0A for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:05:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from soth.ventu (151.51.41.39) by cp-out10.libero.it (8.5.107) id 4B245E270148130D; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:05:09 +0100 Received: from alamar.ventu (alamar.ventu [10.1.2.18]) by soth.ventu (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nBN854fX027737; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:05:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Message-ID: <4B31CF30.9030704@netfence.it> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:05:04 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4B314061.4090001@netfence.it> <27ade5280912221428u7f71f71es29aa31700a31b4a5@mail.gmail.com> <4B314D4E.1020706@netfence.it> <20091222182315.3e73f946@locust.local> In-Reply-To: <20091222182315.3e73f946@locust.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Steve Randall Subject: Re: I have mail, but where? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:05:11 -0000 Steve Randall ha scritto: >> No mail for andrea > > Are there really two spaces in a row there? That's a vital clue. Sure. I noticed that too, but though it might be normal. > For > some reason your 'USER' environment variable is set to ' andrea' (with a > leading space). Then .cshrc sets the 'mail' shell variable to > '(/var/mail/ andrea)'. That's now a list with two elements. Since the > first is a directory, csh counts the files in it, assuming they are > messages. > > Since you don't have this problem with console logins, look for a > configuration error in your GUI login manager. This is interesting... Unfortunately (or luckily), today that message does not appear anymore, so I can't check. If it does, I'll try your suggestion. bye & Thanks av.