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Why does my server login say I have new mail?

Posted September 29, 2020 114 views
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I logged in to a new session and on my screen was the following message:

You have new mail.
Last login: Mon Sep 28 19:07:33 2020 from ******

Where is this mail that it is coming up on the server, and how do I check it? How do I clear the message?

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KFSys September 29, 2020

Hi @conwayphelps,

Most often these messages contain output of cron jobs, system security reports by logwatch, or similar stuff. The best way would be to read the e-mails.

You should be able to find the emails in the following file /var/spool/mail/root. You can cat it or use any other command to read the file.

Regards,
KFSys

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