User is receiving hundreds of unwanted mail from root.

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A few users are receiving hundreds of unwanted mail from root. The mail messages are identical in content and appear to have the same date and time stamp as though a cron is running. The question is how can I stop these messages from root? I don't want to disable normal messages, just the ones from root.

Here is a typical message:

**** From: rdean Date: 02/16/ 4 Time: 10:08 ****
³
³From: Superuser <root@news.rppr.com>
³X-Mailer: SCO OpenServer Mail Release 5.0
³To: rdean@news.rppr.com
³Subject: Welcome to news
³Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:08:55 EST
³Message-ID: <10402161008.aa05806@news.wric.net>
³
³Welcome to SCO OpenServer!
³
³Your login shell is Bourne shell; please contact the
³system Accounts Administrator if you wish this changed.

It's unfortunate for me and the clients that I have been the task of supporting these SCO systems. My knowledge is limited. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[unix42]

that is the standard new user welcome message. did you add users thru a script of some kind?

 

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Users are entered in via scoadmin.