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I always wonder to whom this gets reported to
https://xkcd.com/838/
I like Santas candy cane desktop.
a little place i like to call /dev/null
Real answer: it used to be common for UNIX daemons to send mail to root or to other users. This wasn't the same thing as email, because it didn't hit a network unless you set that up. But it ended up in the same mailboxes.
Santa
Linus Torvalds. He's making a list.