[opensuse] Checking System Mail
When I log into one of my terminal windows, F1-F6, I am informed that I have mail, and I'm guessing that it is the system mail, which I did check that option during the installation, so how do I go about checking it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 17 February 2007 01:11, Adam Jimerson wrote:
When I log into one of my terminal windows, F1-F6, I am informed that I have mail, and I'm guessing that it is the system mail, which I did check that option during the installation, so how do I go about checking it?
In your mail program, add another incoming mail service for your account, and instead of pop or imap, select local spool. The file is /var/spool/mail/<user name> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Adam, On Friday 16 February 2007 16:11, Adam Jimerson wrote:
When I log into one of my terminal windows, F1-F6, I am informed that I have mail, and I'm guessing that it is the system mail,
You're being informed about the content of the mail-drop file whose name is held in the $MAIL environment variable. E.g.: % echo $MAIL /var/spool/mail/rschulz
which I did check that option during the installation, so how do I go about checking it?
I use a KMail Receiving account of type "local" targeting the aforementioned mail drop file to receive such locally delivered mail. As far as I know, all the usual Unix / Linux command-line mail clients will retrieve mail from this file by default. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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