thssdwv@iitmax.IIT.EDU (David William Vrona) (11/05/90)
I would like to be able to get notification of NEW mail, i.e. not read yet, whenever I login to my unix machine. I am running 386ix v2.02. Are the tools already in place to do this or do I need something else? Thanks.
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (11/05/90)
In article <4464@iitmax.IIT.EDU> thssdwv@iitmax.iit.edu (David William Vrona) writes: >I would like to be able to get notification of NEW mail, i.e. not read yet, >whenever I login to my unix machine. I am running 386ix v2.02. Are the tools >already in place to do this or do I need something else? Thanks. RTFM (specifically the sh(1) man page, discussion about MAIL, MAILCHECK and MAILPATH environment variables). -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
eric@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) (11/05/90)
In <4464@iitmax.IIT.EDU> David William Vrona wrote: > I would like to be able to get notification of NEW mail, i.e. not read yet, > whenever I login to my unix machine. I am running 386ix v2.02. Are the tools > already in place to do this or do I need something else? Thanks. You should get this from the mail check already in place in your .profile file. -- Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.thyrsus.com (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)