On Feb 2, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Steve R wrote: > >> When I open Terminal, it tells me I have new mail. > > > This makes no sense. Actually it makes perfect sense. That local user on the local mail system has new unread mail in /var/ spool/mail. There are any number of utilities and stuff you can add into OS X that will generate mail messages locally. This has nothing whatsoever to do with mail in this Mail.app program, those are different accounts entirely. Usually it means that you've installed or activated some unix-based server application. Installing things like Mysql or Postfres will do this, as will some Apache-related utilities. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
