[newbie] root security mail messages

[Ed Colmar]

Hi all!

        Glad to see the religious discussions have stopped.  =P

        I've been running LM7.2 for several months now, and every 15
minutes or so, I get mail sent to root containing this:

Subject: Cron <root@reactor> run-parts /etc/cron.hourly

Can't open "/var/run/news/shlock786", Permission denied

        Does anyone know how to make this stop?  Ideally how to fix it?

        Thanks!

        -ed-