Re: You have new mail
>
> >> >
> >> > Hi!
> >> >
> >> > When loging in, my users sometimes get the message 'You have
> >> > mail', when in fact they have new mail.
> >> >
> >> > Also, in redhat whenever they received new mail and they where in
> >> > the bash shell, they'd get the 'You have new mail' after any command. In
> >> > debian they don't.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I think in /etc/profile, you have to include
> >>
> >> export MAILPATH=/usr/spool/mail/$USER
>
> You meant /var/spool..... IIRC /usr/spool was
> abandoned some time a go.
I guess you're right. On my bo system /usr/spool is a link to
/var/spool. On an Irix and a Solaris system here the mail goes into
/usr/mail. I guess that's why I looked in /usr first.
Eric
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