Reading mail with LogSentry

[wef137]

I installed LogSentry and it seems to be working fine. In order to read the mail I get from it I have to go and open the file in /var/mail.

My question is, is it common to literally go to /var/mail to read what LogSentry sends me or is there another way thats more convenient?

Bill

[Hlingler]

Hello:

Open a terminal and type: mail. I'm going to guess that LogSentry sends mail to root user, so become root user first, then command: mail.

You can also set up your mail reader (KMail, ThunderBird, Evolution, etc.) with the local system mail account, but for system mail to root user, I'd recommend staying with CLI mail.

Regards,
V

[wef137]

Originally Posted by Hlingler

Hello:

Open a terminal and type: mail. I'm going to guess that LogSentry sends mail to root user, so become root user first, then command: mail.

You can also set up your mail reader (KMail, ThunderBird, Evolution, etc.) with the local system mail account, but for system mail to root user, I'd recommend staying with CLI mail.

Regards,
V

Thanks. I also just discovered I can use Pine to read it as well
BIll