so this was odd, or at least new (to me):
b00ty:~/Library/Mail chris$ sudo lasso8ctl restart
Password:
Restarting Lasso Service: Done
You have new mail in /var/mail/chris
b00ty:~/Library/Mail chris$ cd /var/mail/chris
what does this mean?
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Dude, you’ve got mail from your system. Try this:
cat /var/mail/chris