Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:45:27 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: Steve Randall <srandall52@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I have mail, but where? Message-ID: <43183640@ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <4B31CF30.9030704@netfence.it> (Andrea Venturoli's message of "Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:05:04 %2B0100") References: <4B314061.4090001@netfence.it> <27ade5280912221428u7f71f71es29aa31700a31b4a5@mail.gmail.com> <4B314D4E.1020706@netfence.it> <20091222182315.3e73f946@locust.local> <4B31CF30.9030704@netfence.it>
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:05:04 +0100 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > 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. Which message are you talking about? Is it a message "You have new mail"? The latter shows only once if there is a new mail. The system doesn't prompt you when there is unread mail. So you should actually read (and delete, save, etc.) your mail. -- WBR, bsam
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