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[Guest_imported]

I am taking a summer class in Linux Server. When I am logged in as root and at a shell prompt, what command do I type to read other users' mail?

Not that I am bored enough to do that, this is an assignment question. I searched in man pages for mail command and could not find it. Where else can I read more about the subject? I even used Google.com to look for more command, but could not find this.

Thanks in advance for your reply.

 

[aixmurderer]

mail username IBM Certified Confused - MQSeries
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[justice41]

mail username

would send an email to username. You need to use the -u flag.

mail -u username

Which, by the way >>
"I searched in man pages for mail command and could not find it."

How thoroughly did you search? Did you try

man mail

?

jaa

 

[aixmurderer]

Sorry, suffered brainfade for a moment, don't know what I was thinking...

Yip, mail -u username is the command you want. IBM Certified Confused - MQSeries
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[enigma174]

or you can do it the oldfashoned way:

$less /var/mail/username

--cb