Read mail linux server

A classic!

To read mail on a Linux server, you can use the mail command or a more advanced email client like mutt or alpine.

Using the mail command:

1. Open a terminal on your Linux server.
2. Type mail and press Enter. This will display a list of your email messages.
3. To read a specific message, type the message number and press Enter. For example, if you want to read the first message, type 1 and press Enter.
4. To quit reading a message, type q and press Enter.

Using mutt or alpine email clients:

1. Install mutt or alpine on your Linux server if you haven't already. You can do this by running sudo apt-get install mutt or sudo apt-get install alpine (for Ubuntu-based systems).
2. Open a terminal on your Linux server.
3. Type mutt or alpine and press Enter to start the email client.
4. You will be presented with a menu to manage your email accounts and messages.
5. To read a specific message, select it from the list and press Enter.
6. To quit reading a message, type q and press Enter.

Additional tips:

• To check your email regularly, you can use a cron job to run a script that checks for new mail and notifies you.
• To set up email forwarding, you can use the procmail package or a similar tool.
• To configure your email client to use a specific email account, you may need to edit your ~/.muttrc or ~/.alpine configuration file.