i'm not a coder i can't program something like that .. but i thought someone
already did code this kind of software.. and i'm asking if it's out there
and what is it call if it is
thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: notification of new email whenever user logs in on the shell
> alexus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > basically somehow i need to show to user that there is a new mail
for
> > > > him/her whenever user logs in
>
> > does it matter that i no longer have /var/mail/$userid? and i have
Maildir
> > instead?
>
> Yes, that's it. $HOME/Maildir/ makes it trivial to see if you have new
> messages; when you login, if there are files in $HOME/Maildir/new/,
there's
> new mail. If there's files in $HOME/Maildir/cur/, you have old (seen)
mail.
> If you want to get fancy, you can code this type of check (with whatever
> output messages you want) into a system-wide shell .rc file.
>
> I have a Python script I use for this purpose, which checks multiple
Maildirs
> and presents a summary of current and new messages in each. Send me a
message
> off-list if you want a copy.
>
> Charles
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