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Old 09-18-2009, 02:21 AM   #1
rajesh84210
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you have a new mail in /var/spool/mail/root

Dear Linux Experts,
Iam using fc6.when i restarted my system, i got a messsage stating that "you have a new mail in/var/spool/mail/root" ..

I would like to know what exactly it is..

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Old 09-18-2009, 02:44 AM   #2
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Please update to FC11.

This are system generated mails that you are getting. You can use any mail client/editor to view these mails on that destination.

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