Hi, On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 05:11:44AM +1200, Tim Nicholas wrote: > When new mail arives on the system i get a message saying: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You have mail in /var/spool/mail/tim > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is there any way to have whichever program does this also monitor > other mailboxes for mail? I have very little unfiltered mail so i > dont often get that message.
>From info bash: Bourne Shell Variables ====================== ... `MAILPATH' A colon-separated list of files which the shell periodically checks for new mail. You can also specify what message is printed by separating the file name from the message with a `?'. When used in the text of the message, `$_' stands for the name of the current mailfile. `MAIL' If this parameter is set to a filename and the `MAILPATH' variable is not set, Bash informs the user of the arrival of mail in the specified file. HTH, Robert -- Robert Vollmert [EMAIL PROTECTED]