Re: how do I get the "you have new mail"
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On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:20:13AM -0400, Jake Johnson wrote:
> How do I get the message to say you have new mail at the shell prompt? Is
> someting looking for a specific directory or file?
bash does this automatically, looks at /var/mail/$LOGIN. If you
aren't your own mail provider, use fetchmail to get your POP mail from
your mail provider.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :' : proud Debian admin and user
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`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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