Root Mail was Fwd: Re: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?

[ed]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- ed <miller07 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hal Burgiss wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 05:52:49PM -0700, Leonard
>>>       
>> Chatagnier wrote:
>>     
>>>   <snip>
>>>       
>>>> FWIW, this has all been resolved except I still
>>>>         
>> don't
>>     
>>>> get root mail.  Someone said that Ubuntu doesn't
>>>> support root mail.  I could still use a good
>>>> explanation on why no root mail. 
>>>> <snip>     
>>>>         
>>> Leonard, I don't buy 'Ubuntu not supporting root
>>>       
>> mail'. I mean root is
>>     
>>> an account, and should be able to get mail. I get
>>>       
>> root mail on 7.04
>>     
>>> though don't recall what I might have done (or not
>>>       
>> done) to make it
>>     
>>> happen:
>>>
>>> y:Exit  c:Chdir  m:Mask  ?:Help
>>>  1     drwxr-xr-x 49 halb     halb         4096
>>>       
>> Oct 25 22:11 ../
>>     
>>>  2     -rw-------  1 halb     halb      1061193
>>>       
>> Oct 25 07:37 root
>>     
>>>  3     -rw-------  1 halb     halb         1307
>>>       
>> Sep 08 13:30 junk
>>     
>>> That's a mailbox that get roots mail via a postfix
>>>       
>> alias, then
>>     
>>> through procmail filtering.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I just use the command: sudo root mail.
>>
>>     
> Strange, all I ever did was run mutt from a CLI and
> root mail was there.  Never have used the above (sudo
> root mail).  Here's what I get:
>
> lchata at ubuntu:/etc$ sudo root mail
> Password:
> sudo: root: command not found
>
>
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>
>   
sorry, that was sudo -i enter password then command root mail. If you 
still get command not found then you might need to apt-get mail and see 
whats available for installation.

ed