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Hello, everyone!

I thank FancyPiper again for telling me about GKrellM.

I installed it, as well as Coolmail, to check for e-mail messages in my POP3 account.

I have two problems, however, and my Google/Linux searches have not revealed any potential solutions. I have also consulted my Linux books.

First of all, when I boot into SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional, I have TWO instances of Coolmail running, as if an extra instance is running in addition to the one activated when I configured GKrellM. (Perhaps there is a configuration file that I can edit?)

Second of all, back when I configured my system, I set my account ('ddickerson@linux') to accept messages from the 'root' account. GKrellM revealed that I have 24 new messages and I was confused initially, because all of my messages in KMail were read; I finally realized that the new messages are from the 'root' account and are being placed in '/var/spool/mail/ddickerson'. (Please see the console output at the end of this query.)

Is there any way that I can set KMail to view the messages from the 'root' acccount? If not, I assume that I have to view the messages, one at a time, via 'mailx'? (If such is the case, I would prefer not to receive messages from the root account and I will need to find out where I made this setting.) Also, I have no 'man' page for Nail and will have to do another Google/Linux search.

I must admit that I deeply dislike the obtrusive Coolmail window(s), which clutter up the screen and certainly leave much to be desired aesthetically. Does anyone any any suggestions, or any idea why I am getting multiple instances?

In addition, the help information for 'mailx' refers to a file named '.mailrc' in my home directory. This file is not present, and I do have KDE set to "Show Hidden Files."

Finally, is there a way to make Coolmail, or a similar utility, such as XBiff, run unseen in the background? Do I have any alternatives to Coolmail and XBiff? (I like to keep a "clean" interface.) :)

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this message, and I appreciate, in advance, your patience and assistance! :)

Cordially,

David
--
http://ddickerson.igc.org/

Code:

ddickerson@linux:~> mailx

mailx version nail 10.3 11/29/02.  Type ? for help.

"/var/spool/mail/ddickerson": 24 messages 24 new

>N  1 root@linux.local    Sat May 17 18:56  31/955  SuSEconfig: openssl-notif

 N  2 root@linux.local    Sat May 17 18:56  28/893  SuSEconfig: xntp.caveats

 N  3 root@linux.local    Sat May 17 18:56  43/1835  SuSEconfig: SuSEfirewall2

 N  4 root@linux.local    Sat May 17 18:56  53/1557  SuSEconfig: i4l-notify

 N  5 root@linux.local    Sat May 17 18:56 123/4691  SuSEconfig: openssh-chang

 N  6 root@linux.local    Sat May 17 18:56 194/7282  SuSEconfig: BlackdownJava

 N  7 root@linux.local    Sat May 17 18:56  39/1424  SuSEconfig: 3ddiag

 N  8 root@linux.local    Fri May 23 18:54 194/7269  SuSEconfig: java2-changes

 N  9 root@linux.local    Fri May 23 18:54 194/7274  SuSEconfig: java2-jre-cha

 N 10 root@linux.local    Fri Jun  6 20:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 11 root@linux.local    Sat Jun  7 12:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 12 root@linux.local    Sat Jun  7 14:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 13 root@linux.local    Sat Jun  7 16:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 14 root@linux.local    Sat Jun  7 18:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 15 root@linux.local    Sat Jun  7 20:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 16 root@linux.local    Sat Jun  7 22:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 17 root@linux.local    Sun Jun  8 12:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 18 root@linux.local    Sun Jun  8 14:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 19 root@linux.local    Sun Jun  8 16:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

 N 20 root@linux.local    Sun Jun  8 18:00  19/674  Cron <root@linux> /usr/sb

? ?

    Nail  Commands

t <message list>                type messages

n                              goto and type next message

e <message list>                edit messages

f <message list>                give head lines of messages

d <message list>                delete messages

s <message list> file          append messages to file

u <message list>                undelete messages

R <message list>                reply to message senders

r <message list>                reply to message senders and all recipients

pre <message list>              make messages go back to /var/mail

m <user list>                  mail to specific users

q                              quit, saving unresolved messages in mbox

x                              quit, do not remove system mailbox

h                              print out active message headers

!                              shell escape

cd [directory]                  chdir to directory or home if none given



A <message list> consists of integers, ranges of same, or user names separated

by spaces.  If omitted, Nail uses the last message typed.



A <user list> consists of user names or aliases separated by spaces.

Aliases are defined in .mailrc in your home directory.