On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Hunter Fuller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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? > Or you just setup Pine and read/delete the e-mails. http://www.novajo.ca/pine.html Peter M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
