On Feb 3, 2009, at 1:46 AM, Kris Tilford 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.

You haven't installed anything that sends mail to the local system.  
Any number of things, mostly programs that were originally linux-based  
that run in the background (like ClamXAv, mysql, PostgreSQL, Apache  
(when set up that way, etc etc) will send mail to various users in the  
system. If it was installed under your user name, it is your account  
that gets the mail.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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