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From: Michael Peer <mpeer@gwc.cccd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: mail for root
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 19:47:11 -0800
Organization: Golden West College
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To: "Nathan V. Patwardhan" <nvp@shore.net>
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Nathan V. Patwardhan wrote:
> 
> Mike Shover (mikefish@cegt201.bradley.edu) wrote:
> : Hello.  How does one keep the system from mailing root the daily and
> : weekly security checks?  I am the only user and I would like to stop
> : receiving the mailings.  Thanks alot in advance.  I dont read the news
> : threads often so please email me.
> 
> Try: crontab -e and remove the daily security entry.

I have the mailings redirected to my account that I do read the mail. 
These mailing are important!  I just discovered that one of my servers
that had 350MB of free space suddenly had 2.9MB of free space this AM. 
I did an fsck, and got all the space back, after a frantic search.  

> 
> --
> Nate [nvp@shore.net||nvp@nfic.com]
> "Nasal spray ... do you know where I can score some?"
>                         - Charles Demar from _Better Off Dead_