Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:49:37 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: sendmail??? Message-ID: <20010620084937.C29279@everest.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <01062000115202.62495@omsk.mushinsky.net>; from "Isaac Mushinsky" on Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 12:11:52AM -0400 References: <01062000115202.62495@omsk.mushinsky.net>
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--OgqxwSJOaUobr8KG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net> [20010620 07:14]: writing on the subj= ect 'Fwd: Re: sendmail???' Isaac> I assume this only happens when you log in as root? Some daemons and= system Isaac> programs can write mail directly to your mailbox. They do not 'send'= the Isaac> mail, they just write you messages. Some day you may be sorry to mis= s this Isaac> mail, but if you are determined to get rid of it, redirect the mail = to some Isaac> other user or try linking the root's mailbox to /dev/null altogether. Linking root's mailbox to /dev/null?? Throwing everything to the bit bucket? You don't want to do that!!!! You may miss some very critical=20 information from the system. What I've always done is create another account that I'd use for Admin purposes and redirect all root's mail to it. root: admin #In my aliases file About you have new mail, my understanding is that some shells have that built-in capability to notify you if the contents of your $MAILBOX have been changed - I guess biffer is such a notifier - and I love to know that I have new mail. I even have mine producing some sound on the PC speaker! Isaac> On Tuesday 19 June 2001 23:43, you wrote: Isaac> > whenever i login a console, i got a message"you have a mail"..even= if i Isaac> > removed "sendmail".... How can i get rid of this? or where should = i check Isaac> > out? Isaac> > Isaac> > Thank you in advance... Isaac> > Isaac> > Isaac> > Isaac> > Isaac> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Isaac> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Isaac>=20 Isaac> ------------------------------------------------------- Isaac>=20 Isaac> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Isaac> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.=20 -Dylan Thomas=20 --OgqxwSJOaUobr8KG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7MDlxn7LIsuxjem8RAiB1AKCnzkLGDA9FNugmUsE0GsKM/v5LJgCfVgUP EKdZ5ZkxHHqzWAYjJsGDKBo= =ufD4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OgqxwSJOaUobr8KG-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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