Modify email icon on Desktop

[Michael Thomas_1]

When I try to run email from the ICON on the CDE desktop it says /var/mail is a directory not a file.. How do I modify this ICO to look in /var/mail/root for the mail file.. Anyone know????

Thanks

[Rita C Workman · Accepted solution]

Well normally when you log in and click on your email icon it will open /var/mail/ ..

Now if yours isn't...than something may have gotten changed in your Front Panel settings. You might try restoring your Front Panel to it's original settings by:

Open your Application Manager (the icon that looks like a box with ruler & calculator in it)
Click on Desktop_Tools application Group
Double click on Restore Front Panel

Just a thought,
Rita

[Elena Leontieva]

Check you $MAIL variable; by default, CDE sets $MAIL to /var/mail/username (where username is the
account name of the user). If it is set in your .profile or .kshrc
files for sh/ksh, or in .login or .cshrc for csh, make sure that it is
set to the correct location of your mailbox. This location is usually
/var/mail/username

[Michael Thomas_1]

The fix was the MAIL variable being set in the .profile.... It was in there but in the .dtprofile someone had remarked out to source the profile in CDE..

Thanks