Re: biff in Squeeze

2012-07-16 Thread Mike McClain
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 08:30:12PM +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > > -bash: biff: command not found > >But something is sending 'You have mail in /var/mail/mike' often > > in the middle of me typing a commandline or editing a file which can > > be most disconcerting & anno

Re: biff in Squeeze

2012-07-16 Thread Mike McClain
Thanks, Bob. Both MAIL & MAILCHECK are set in the environment but I have set MAILCHECK=0 in .bashrc which ought to solve the problem. I've yet to find where it's set though in Squeeze. Much obliged, Mike On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:34:15PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > >

Re: biff in Squeeze

2012-07-16 Thread Chris Davies
Mike McClain wrote: > -bash: biff: command not found >But something is sending 'You have mail in /var/mail/mike' often > in the middle of me typing a commandline or editing a file which can > be most disconcerting & annoying Just a guess.. do you have postfix installed, and is there a line

Re: biff in Squeeze

2012-07-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Mike McClain wrote: > But something is sending 'You have mail in /var/mail/mike' often > in the middle of me typing a commandline or editing a file which can > be most disconcerting & annoying. I get these messages even when the > mail is old mail I just haven't thrown away yet. > Can so

biff in Squeeze

2012-07-16 Thread Mike McClain
I installed a minimal system and there is no 'biff'. mike@/deb60:~> biff -bash: biff: command not found But something is sending 'You have mail in /var/mail/mike' often in the middle of me typing a commandline or editing a file which can be most disconcerting & annoying. I get these messa