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myglide 03-13-2013 03:32 PM
You have Mail. ?
 
when i first login i get that message. anyway i can see that mail from the command line?

maciuszek 03-13-2013 03:39 PM
mail

myglide 03-13-2013 03:58 PM
mail? really!
 
thank you for your reply. your a genius! worked just fine.can you tell me what the lines mean?

"N 1 To root Thu Aug 9 13:28 44/1602 Register with the Linux counter project"

? 1=first mail date time ? message body

Didier Spaier 03-13-2013 04:04 PM
type:
Code:
man mail
and skip to the "reading mail" paragraph.

JWJones 03-13-2013 04:17 PM
Welcome to Slackware!

1 - mail for Linux Counter Project
2 - mail from Patrick (read the whole thing!)

Keep on slackin'...

myglide 03-13-2013 04:25 PM
thanks Didier and eyeofliberty for your replies. mail #1...I was counted . #2 well that is one long email! full of lots of good stuff!
I didnt think about using the man page thanks

frankbell 03-13-2013 09:15 PM
Quote:
1 - mail for Linux Counter Project
2 - mail from Patrick (read the whole thing!)
Boy, does that bring back memories.


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