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How do I remove the No mail. notification on Ubuntu 10.10 Server?
This occurs when I log in, and is located underneath the message of the day

I have a separate script which uses a different messaging system than the default one

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Yes, send yourself a mail and you'll see 'You have new mail.' instead :D Seriously though, why don't you want to be notified of the new mail upon logging in to a system? It might be well important. – alex Mar 3 '11 at 20:24

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That message is coming from the pam_mail module. Look in /etc/pam.d/* for calls to pam_mail. Replace standard or empty by quiet if you want to suppress No mail but keep the notification when there is mail. Replace by nopen to suppress the notification altogether.

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