MC and .profile

[510064901071-0001@t-online.de (Timo Benk)]

Hi,

I've set up an alias beep='echo -en "\a"' in my .profile file.
Now if I log into my account and execute beep my speaker beeps
as expected.
But if try to execute it out of the Midnight Commander it doesn't
work. What need I to do?

Another Thing related to that problem is that if I execute fetchmail out
of the Midnight Commander my mails are silently discarded and never arrive
in my mailbox. 

Any Ideas ?

     Ciao,
         Timo<t_benk@gmx.de>
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