alexus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> first if i'll put it in /etc/profile will it work for all users?
If you're using bash, /etc/bashrc is more appropriate. /etc/profile works
with most other shells that I know of.
> and another question how do i notify user when e-mail arriving while he's on
sage -
From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: notification of new email whenever user logs in on the shell
> alexus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Yes, many Maildir-checkers exi
alexus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yes, many Maildir-checkers exist. There are half a dozen or more listed
> > in the "User-contributed Maildir support" section of qmail.org.
> can you suggest one that widely used and most popular or 'cause i didn't
> find any there (i guess i'm blind or some
ubject: 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
>
> > > I have a Pyth
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
> > 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. Sen
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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
> > > &g
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. $HOME/Maildir/ makes it trivial to see if you
does it matter that i no longer have /var/mail/$userid? and i have Maildir
instead?
- Original Message -
From: "David Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: notification of new email whenever user logs
Do a 'man ', search for MAIL. Typically, the 'MAIL' env var
has to be populated. I would assume that some shells support it, while
others may not.
David
alexus wrote:
> Hi
>
> can someone point me to right direction regarding this topic?
>
> basically somehow i need to show to user that there
