Linux system mail viewing and emptying

The following prompt often appears when you log in or execute a command

You have mail in/var/spool/mail/root

Tip You have system mail not viewed

View system messages

#mail

Heirloom Mail Version 12.4 7/29/08. Type? For help.

"/var/spool/mail/root": 15110 messages 15105 Unread

1 cron Daemon Wed Jul 23:27 23/870 "cron <[email protected]>/usr/sbin/ntpdate cn.pool.ntp.org > /dev/null "

2 cron Daemon Thu Jul 02:26 23/869 "cron <[email protected]>/usr/sbin/ntpdate cn.pool.ntp.org > /dev/null "

>u 3 cron Daemon Thu Jul 03:12 23/868 "cron <[email protected]>/usr/sbin/ntpdate cn.pool.ntp.or G >/dev/null "

U 4 cron Daemon Thu Jul 03:34 23/868 "cron <[email protected]>/usr/sbin/ntpdate cn.pool.ntp.org & Gt /dev/null "

U 5 cron Daemon Thu Jul 03:47 23/868 "cron <[email protected]>/usr/sbin/ntpdate cn.pool.ntp.org & Gt /dev/null "

Use the message number in front of N to view the message, such as N 10

& N 10

Message 10:

From [email protected] Thu Jul 31 11:24:02 2014

Return-path: <[email protected]>

X-original-to:root

delivered-to: [Email protected]

From: [Email protected] (Cron Daemon)

To: [Email protected]

Subject:cron <[email protected]>/usr/sbin/ntpdate cn.pool.ntp.org >/dev/null

Exit message

& Q

Held 15110 Messages In/var/spool/mail/root

You have mail in/var/spool/mail/root

Clear Mail

If you empty the root email, enter /var/spool/mail

/var/spool/mail

#ll

List all users ' messages

# LL

Total 18680

-RW-RW----. 1 Info Mail 0 Dec 13:17 Info

-RW-RW----. 1 mysql Mail 0 Jul 22:27 MySQL

-RW-------. 1 root mail 19116551 Jan 5 10:56 Root

-RW-RW----. 1 rsync Mail 0 Jul 22:30 rsync

-RW-RW----. 1 upload mail 0 Dec 08:18 upload

# echo > Root

It is best not to delete the root file, just empty it.

# Mail

No Mail for Root

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Linux system mail viewing and emptying