Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:05:04 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Steve Randall <srandall52@gmail.com> Subject: Re: I have mail, but where? Message-ID: <4B31CF30.9030704@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <20091222182315.3e73f946@locust.local> References: <4B314061.4090001@netfence.it> <27ade5280912221428u7f71f71es29aa31700a31b4a5@mail.gmail.com> <4B314D4E.1020706@netfence.it> <20091222182315.3e73f946@locust.local>
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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.
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