Root Mail was Fwd: Re: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?

[NoOp]

On 10/25/2007 09:00 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- ed <miller07 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hal Burgiss wrote:
>> > On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 05:52:49PM -0700, Leonard
>> Chatagnier wrote:
>> >   <snip>
>> >> FWIW, this has all been resolved except I still
>> don't
>> >> get root mail.  Someone said that Ubuntu doesn't
>> >> support root mail.  I could still use a good
>> >> explanation on why no root mail. 
>> >> <snip>     
>> >
>> > Leonard, I don't buy 'Ubuntu not supporting root
>> mail'. I mean root is
>> > an account, and should be able to get mail. I get
>> root mail on 7.04
>> > though don't recall what I might have done (or not
>> done) to make it
>> > happen:
>> >
>> > y:Exit  c:Chdir  m:Mask  ?:Help
>> >  1     drwxr-xr-x 49 halb     halb         4096
>> Oct 25 22:11 ../
>> >  2     -rw-------  1 halb     halb      1061193
>> Oct 25 07:37 root
>> >  3     -rw-------  1 halb     halb         1307
>> Sep 08 13:30 junk
>> >
>> > That's a mailbox that get roots mail via a postfix
>> alias, then
>> > through procmail filtering.
>> >
>> >   
>> I just use the command: sudo root mail.
>> 
> Strange, all I ever did was run mutt from a CLI and
> root mail was there.  Never have used the above (sudo
> root mail).  Here's what I get:
> 
> lchata at ubuntu:/etc$ sudo root mail
> Password:
> sudo: root: command not found
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 

No idea is this is even closely related to the subject at hand &
apologies if it drifts the thread, but I thought I'd give it a shot
anyway & hopfully you, Ed & Hal may know the answer given that the
prompt comes up in tty; after the Gutsy upgrade I notice that if log in
to root via the tty console I have a message: you have mail. No idea how
to fetch this 'mail' or where the message is coming from as I don't have
any mail systems running. If you guys know the quick & short answer I'd
appreciate knowing, otherwise I'll open a new thread for the subject.

Gary