[NTLUG:Discuss] You have new mail.

[Hrothgar]

biff is (i believe) the program telling you about this new mail.  if
you don't want the mail, just delete or empty the file in /var/spool/mail.
make sure you don't have a "MAILTO=" line in your /etc/crontab -- i'm
guessing that's why you have new mail in the first place.  i think you can
turn biff off, but i don't recall how to do so.  not having a program to
view mail is somewhat inconvenient, but you can always view your mail
spool file with less (or you favorite editor).

my 2 cents...hope this helps

cameron

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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Scott Walters wrote:

:I installed linux 2.2.11 without any mail programs.  Now every time I login as
:root it says 'You have new mail'.  But I have no programs to read/delete
:this mail.  What do I need to do to get rid of the mail and this message?
:
:Thanks,
:
:Scott
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