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One easy way to receive root's mail is to create a file called ".forward" in the /root directory - in the file, add your username or any other email address to automatically forward root's mail to. When root receives mail, it will also appear in your inbox - This way, you can simply ignore the actual root's mail altogether.<BR>
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The other option is just to run Kmail (must be run as root) and add a local mailbox, using all the defaults (click next, next, next etc).<BR>
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Andrew.<BR>
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On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 13:11, Andrew Konosky wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><I>When running in text mode, I have noticed before that when I log in as
root, I see the notification that I have new mail. I figured it was
system mail, and read through some of it, but I am curious as to what
generates it and why? I know one time I forgot to su before running a
command and my computer told me it was going to "report" me, which I
thought was pretty funny. What is cron? I see cron.daily and cron.weekly
reports also.
I can read the e-mail though the console, but can I configure it like a
regular mailbox in Kmail or Mozilla when running in graphical mode?
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