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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uchinews!ellis!enf1 From: enf1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Eric Fischer) Subject: Re: "mail" suddenly... X-Nntp-Posting-Host: midway.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <DB00FK.5C1@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Reply-To: enf1@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: The University of Chicago References: <3svhkp$dg0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 18:23:43 GMT Lines: 10 chrisriley@aol.com (ChrisRiley) writes, >Well, now when you type "mail" you get "No mail for XXX". If you type >"mail -f /usr/spool/mail/XXX" things work fine, but "mail" alone doesn't >work. Do you have the $MAIL environmental variable set? If so, mail looks there instead of /usr/spool/mail/whatever to find your mailbox. Eric enf1@ellis.uchicago.edu