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When I was young and installed my first Linux, I actually searched around as root if this was stored anywhere. But I never found it.
https://askubuntu.com/q/641049
TL;DR: it's supposed to send email to an administrator, but by default on some distros (including Ubuntu), it isn't actually sent anywhere.
omg I totally accidentally enabled this
I'd bother removing it but it's kinda funny to get an email reprimanding me when I ctrl+c out of a sudo command I mistyped, and maybe it will serve as a warning if it gets compromised :p