i have noticed that for a week or so that i have had no mail for root from the system, investigating /var/spool/mail shows no entries where i could have sworn there used to be a directory or file (file i think) named 'root' or similar, i have mailx and procmail installed according to kpackage, the following is the output of a console: [root@mycroft bascule]# mail No mail for root [root@mycroft bascule]# mail bascule Subject: test testCc: [root@mycroft bascule]# /usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory sendmail? i have never installed this prog, can someone advise what may have happened or how to fix, i always used to get messages from cron jobs and doubt that all of a sudden my box is running perfectly! bascule