[LI] cron error mail

["L.V.Gandhi" <lvgandhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am having no files in /etc/cron.hourly. I have following line in
crontab for hour.
1 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly.
I get the following mail every hour when pc is on now past few days
only. I have changed only daily weekly and monthly lines in crontab by
direct editing. Direct editing I have done it as when entered crontab in
root didn't find any response.
Any clues for
1) why this error mail as given below comes
Last login: Fri Jan 28 18:28:20 on tty1
You have mail.
[root@lvghomepc] ~# mail
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93.  Type ? for help.
"/var/spool/mail/root": 1 message 1 new
>N  1 root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Fri Jan 28 19:01  18/594   "Cron
<root@lvghomepc>"
& t
Message 1:
>From root  Fri Jan 28 19:01:01 2000
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:01:01 +0530
From: root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cron Daemon)
To: root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Cron <root@lvghomepc> root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/bash>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <MAILTO=root>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>

/bin/bash: root: command not found

2) What is the proper method to edit crontab file as root. I couldn't
make out from  the explanation in man pages.
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L.V.Gandhi
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