title: Question with scipy.optimize
body: <p>I am a newbie and I need your help!!</p>
  
  <p>I have installed scipy on my Ubuntu.</p>
  
  <p>When I ran the code from scipy import optimize, special</p>
  
  <p>I get the following in terminal:
   can't read /var/mail/scipy.optimize</p>
  
  <p>and if I type python, and get >>> then type in from scipy import optimize</p>
  
  <p>then I ran code including scipy, optimize, I get the following:
  name 'scipy' is not defined</p>