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What is the message /var/spool/mail/acer for? how do I check the mail? I'm new to openSuSE....
- 06-11-2010 #1Linux Newbie
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opensuse 11.2 how do I check /var/spool/mail/acer
What is the message /var/spool/mail/acer for? how do I check the mail? I'm new to openSuSE.
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its saying you have mail
Originally Posted by lancebermudez 
Originally Posted by lancebermudez Code:mail
- 06-13-2010 #3Linux Newbie
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thank you. I use the mail command and by the ? i can chose which number by ?2 and hit enter to read the mail but how do I delete the mail?
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-or-Code:man mail
This gives you the 'man pages' (manual) for mail or another command you want to know more about.Code:man -k mail
Man page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 06-15-2010 #5Linux Newbie
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?d #-#
hit enter
quit
hit enter
done so just to let you know # is the number you want the - is for the range like
mail
?d 1-10
quit
the quit is to exit the program with the delete taking effact thank you all for your help
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