Re: command-line biff?

[Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

on Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:02:37PM +0100, Marcio Rosa da Silva insinuated:
> Maybe I don't get the point, but aren't the 'MAIL' and 'MAILCHECK'
> vars in bash or 'mail' in tcsh for this?

I didn't know about these, but they don't seem to be what i want ...

       MAIL   If  this  parameter  is  set to a file name and the
              MAILPATH variable is not set, bash informs the user
              of the arrival of mail in the specified file.
       MAILCHECK
              Specifies  how  often  (in seconds) bash checks for
              mail.  The default is 60 seconds.  When it is  time
              to  check  for  mail, the shell does so before dis­
              playing the primary prompt.  If  this  variable  is
              unset, the shell disables mail checking.

i'm looking for something that will tell me how many new messages i
have in what box at any given time.

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