On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:18:57AM -0800, [email protected] wrote:
> I also tested on 6.4-release, and can confirm the same behavior.
Is you MAIL environment var set?
-Otto
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, at 7:13 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, at 6:03 AM, TronDD wrote:
> > > On November 8, 2018 1:39:13 AM CST, [email protected] wrote:
> > > >Hello,
> > > >
> > > >I must be missing something obvious, but since installing 6.4-current
> > > >(on a few versions in a row), I can't get mail to read /var/mail/root.
> > > >
> > > >After logging in, I see:
> > > >
> > > >>-------<
> > > >OpenBSD 6.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #425: Sun Nov 4
> > > >
> > > >[... skipped ...]
> > > >
> > > >You have mail.
> > > >thor# mail
> > > >No mail for root
> > > >thor# mail -f /var/mail/root
> > > >Mail version 8.1.2 01/15/2001. Type ? for help.
> > > >"/var/mail/root": 0 messages
> > > >thor# ls -l /var/mail/root
> > > >-rw------- 1 root wheel 3.9K Oct 20 00:37 /var/mail/root
> > > >thor# head /var/mail/root
> > > >From [email protected] Sun Nov 1 06:30:00 MDT 2018
> > > >Return-Path: root
> > > >Date: Nov 1 06:30:00 MDT 2018
> > > >From: [email protected] (Theo de Raadt)
> > > >To: root
> > > >Subject: Welcome to OpenBSD 6.4!
> > > >
> > > >This message attempts to describe the most basic initial questions that
> > > >a
> > > >system administrator of an OpenBSD box might have. You are urged to
> > > >save
> > > >this message for later reference.
> > > >>------<
> > > >
> > > >I also remember that I had this problem since the first time I
> > > >installed 6.4-current on my new laptop.
> > > >
> > > >I do receive local mail (e.g., from crontab) for a non-priveleged user
> > > >created during setup.
> > > >
> > > >Any ideas of what might be going on?
> > > >
> > > >Best,
> > > >ivpgbe
> > >
> > > It's because the Welcome email that gets sent to root and the user
> > > created during install is dated in the future. It has the initial
> > > planned release date of Nov. 1st. Mail(1) can't seem to see into the
> > > future.
> >
> > Good catch - that explains why I would not see it after the install. But
> > today is Nov 8 (as confirmed by date(1), and it still doesn't see it,
> > even after I touch(1) the file. Should I report it as a bug?
> >
> > The mismatch between Nov 1 and the actual release is probably another
> > bug. Should I report as well?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
