On Feb 3, 2009, at 3:07 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. > > 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?
Here's an example of what a mail message looks like in the terminal. Last login: Tue Feb 3 12:54:53 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! You have mail. Macintosh:~ jerrybryant$ mail Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. "/var/mail/jerrybryant": 1 message 1 new >N 1 jerrybry...@macintos Sun Apr 27 22:02 21/1005 "Cron <jerrybry...@mac" & Message 1: From [email protected] Sun Apr 27 22:02:31 2008 X-Original-To: jerrybryant Delivered-To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Cron Daemon) To: [email protected] Subject: Cron <jerrybry...@macintosh> /Users/jerrybryant/Library/ Application\ Support/Maza\ Digital/Email\ Backup\ Pro/ emailBackupPro.sh >> /Users/jerrybryant/Library/Logs/EmailBackupPro.log X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=jerrybryant> X-Cron-Env: <USER=jerrybryant> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/Users/jerrybryant> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:02:21 -0500 (CDT) mkdir: /Volumes/Backup/Apple Mail Backup/temp: File exists mkdir: /Volumes/Backup/Apple Mail Backup/temp/Mail: File exists mkdir: /Volumes/Backup/Apple Mail Backup/temp/AB: File exists Just guessing, but apparently processes that access Cron Daemon leave mail behind. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
