William Case writes: > Hi; > > This is just a curiosity question? I have been using Linux (FC) for > over two years now, and I have never found a use for /var/spool/mail. > Whenever I login as root I get messages telling me that I have mail. I > just clean it out every 5 or 6 months. I read through it first using > the mail utility but there never seems to be any information that is > useful to me. > > I understand that on the original Unix systems 'mail' was how the system > and the kernel would communicate with the user and root, but does it > have any use now? > > Do people on the list use it anymore? If so, for what? How? Or, am I > missing something basic? > I use it all the time--but I guess not everyone does. In my case I have my own mail server and that's where incoming mail lands--for me and my several users. Janina > -- > Regards Bill > FC 5 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
