mailbox location problems

[RYAN vAN GINNEKEN]

I run freebsd 4.8 and postfix 2.0.0.16
when i try to access my mail using mail version Mail version 8.1 6/6/93 
i always have 0 messages even though i have sent several messages and 
watched them being received and sent to maildir in the mailog file

Nov 16 14:07:55 v21 postfix/master[193]: daemon started -- version 2.0.16
Nov 16 14:19:52 v21 postfix/smtpd[226]: connect from 
shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net[24.71.223.10]
Nov 16 14:19:52 v21 postfix/smtpd[226]: B6BEF9A: 
client=shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net[24.71.223.10]
Nov 16 14:19:53 v21 postfix/cleanup[228]: B6BEF9A: 
message-id=<3FB7E82C.8020903 at shaw.ca>
Nov 16 14:19:53 v21 postfix/qmgr[195]: B6BEF9A: from=<rmvg at shaw.ca>, 
size=1407, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 16 14:19:53 v21 postfix/smtpd[226]: disconnect fromplease help 
shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net[24.71.223.10]
Nov 16 14:19:53 v21 postfix/local[230]: B6BEF9A: to=<rmvg at highcoup.ca>, 
relay=local, delay=1, status=sent (maildir)