Kris Tilford wrote: > On Feb 3, 2009, at 2:35 AM, Bill Christensen wrote: > > > I still don't understand. > > My OS X System has been continuously upgraded and/or transferred and > has a lineage going back many years. My Terminal NEVER has any mail > messages, and my var/mail/~user file is empty. > > I don't know why a program such as ClamAV would produce these mail > messages in preference to actual log files unless it's as others have > suggested, something related to "server" versions of software where a > system administrator would regularly be using Terminal and the mail > message would be a notification of a log entry? Whatever the reason, > I'd remove whatever software you've installed that's giving you 1,245 > messages from "cron jobs". My zero mail messages total is what I > believe any "client" OS X system should have? No? >
It doesn't hurt anything to have these messages. They do take up space but... so? It's a tiny amount, and it is easily removed. Maybe even set up a cron job to delete the mails? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
