YATES@C.CHEM.UPENN.EDU ("YATES, JOHN H.") (02/15/91)
I never seem to be notified of new mail unless I log in again. It is there when I type 'mail', but I'd like to be notified when it arrives. Is this normal behavior? I alias mail to Mail, but that shouldn't affect notification. One user insists he is notified while logged on, but it doesn't work for me. BSD Unix has biff, I have a server (no graphics) so I can't use Xbiff. What's up? Is this handled by sendmail and I would have a wait of up to 15 minutes (/usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q15m)? I may not have been 'that' patient, I usually have a .forward file to a machine with VMS MAIL. (IRIX 3.3.1, 4D/320S). Thanks, John yates@c.chem.upenn.edu