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Re: problem with BSD 'mail' command

From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Wed Jun 01 2005 - 16:01:14 CDT

Eric Toll:
> > What's in /var/mail/eric ?
> >
> > Wietse
>
> Just a bunch of text that is messages from this list. About 2 screens
> worth.
>
> Same for the root account. I copied /var/mail/root to another file,
> then deleted /var/mail/root. Then I did a 'touch /var/mail/root' As
> root when I type mail I get nothing. When I type mail
> someuserdomain.tld I get nothing also.

Try:

    truss mail

This may show how it terminates and why.

        Wietse