Ubuntu: Is there a GUI for reading my mail (sent by running processes like crontab)?

Question

I have hundreds of mail sent by crontab. It is extremely tedious to go through them one by one on the command line and read/delete them.

Is there a GUI that allows me to do that (so I can block select/delete them etc? - I am totally not loving the CLI).

I installed claws-mail, but it appeara to be pointing to a different mail queue - any help?

I am running Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '11 at 10:43

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I found the answer. I managed to setup evolution to read my emails, using the info here: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-forward-roots-mail-to-your-inbox.html

answered Mar 27 '11 at 10:43

oompahloompah

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grawity · Answer 2 · 2011-03-27T11:08:03.790

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Not exactly the answer, but mail does allow d 4-10 or d * to mass-delete messages.

Also, mutt is very popular (although some find alpine easier to use).

edited Mar 27 '11 at 11:08

answered Mar 27 '11 at 10:54

grawity

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 26 '12 at 05:32

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in Claws Mail you create a Local account, and (normally) in the Account config the 'Local mailbox' field would contain '/var/mail' (without quotes) (works here for years!)

answered Jun 26 '12 at 05:32

Paul

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Ubuntu: Is there a GUI for reading my mail (sent by running processes like crontab)?

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