11-08-2001
A few questions first:
1) How are you connecting? Is it a POP account, or do you log onto the server interactively and run a mail client from there?
2) What error are you getting?
3) If you are logging onto the server, what mail client do you use? (mail, pine, mailx, etc...)
4) What Unix is it?
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from(1) General Commands Manual from(1)
NAME
from - Shows whom mail messages are from
SYNOPSIS
from [-s sender] [user]
The from command prints out the mail header lines in your mailbox file.
OPTIONS
Prints headers for mail sent by sender. Specifies a mail spool directory.
Use this flag if you want to examine a mailbox in a directory other than /usr/spool/mail, which is the system default.
DESCRIPTION
If user is specified, then user's mailbox is examined instead of your own.
EXAMPLES
To display the message headings in your mailbox, enter: from
The names of the senders and the message dates are displayed. To display the message headings for mail sent by a specific user,
enter: from -s dale
Displays only the message headings of the messages sent from user dale. To display the message headings in a specific user's mail-
box, enter: from dawn
The message headings from user dawn's mailbox are displayed, provided you have read permission for dawn's mailbox.
FILES
User mailbox files.
SEE ALSO
Commands: biff(1), mail(1), mailx(1)
from(1)