Re: [cobalt-users] Who is MAIL@xxxxxxxxxx ?

[Dom Latter <d.latter@xxxxxxx>]

Blabla wrote:
> 
> On out Cobalt Cube 2 exists no user with the name "mail".
> Nevertheless people can eMail to mail@xxxxxxxxxx without getting an error.
> 
> When i try to generate an user with the name "mail", i get the error that
> it´s anreserved name.

Yep, look in /etc/passwd to see the others that you won't be allowed to use.

> My interest is: mail@xxxxxxxxxx was accidently given to many people long
> times ago, so if the account realy exists there will be a lot of trash i´d
> like to get rid of.

Mail sent to that address will be in the file /var/spool/mail/mail.