Reading System Mail

Aly S.P Dharshi aly.dharshi at telus.net
Thu Oct 6 15:15:48 UTC 2005


have you tried the mail command to see what these system messages are ?

Aly.


On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:

> Good Morning Everyone:
>
> One of my fedora systems has started notifying me that I have new mail
> waiting for me,  this system does not have external mail set up, so I
> know that it must be some form of system mail.  In the past I have
> installed webmin, and used that to read the mail, is this the best way
> to go, or is there a better way to get it?  Someone suggested pine,
> however the install is choking on a missing library which I cannot seem
> to find in yum (libldap.so.2)  I can initiate a search for that library
> via some of the online sources if pine is indeed the best way to go, but
> I would like to know what the best way is before I dedicate the time to
> tracking it down
>
> Thanks
>
> TIM
>
>
> Timothy A. Holmes
> IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
>
> Medina Christian Academy
> A Higher Standard...
>
> Jeremiah 33:3
> Jeremiah 29:11
> Esther 4:14
>
>
>

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