Re: how do I get the "you have new mail"

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Subject: Re: how do I get the "you have new mail"
From: Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:38:29 -0700
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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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