At 3:44 PM -0600 2/2/09, Dennis Myhand posted: > Steve R wrote: >> When I open Terminal, it tells me I have new mail. Is this somehow >> telling me Eudora has new mail (which is not set to download at a set >> time, and I already know I have unread messages in the In Box) >> >> OR >> >> is it telling me the system sent me internal mail? If it's the >> latter, what do I type in Terminal to read the mail? >> >> Thanks >> Steve R >> > > This is UNIX way of letting you know something has happened on the > system. You should see this each time you log in and open a terminal. > There will be mail. If nothing else, it will tell you that you have > logged in to the system. To read the mail, open a terminal, if you > haven't already done so, and type mail, and hit enter.
Okay... thanks. Mail seems to be telling me that ClamXav has been sending me nightly reports, dated to coincide (around the date) I changed my preferences to auto scan. Mystery solved. And very simple 'mail' command hopefully remembered. Steve R --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
