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> Can I set the MAIL variable to look at multiple mail folders?
=66rom man bash:
MAIL If this parameter is set to a file name and the MAILPATH va=
ri-
able is not set, bash informs the user of the arrival of mail=
in
the specified file.
MAILCHECK
Specifies how often (in seconds) bash checks for mail. =
The
default is 60 seconds. When it is time to check for mail, =
the
shell does so before displaying the primary prompt. If t=
his
variable is unset, or set to a value that is not a num=
ber
greater than or equal to zero, the shell disables mail checki=
ng.
MAILPATH
A colon-separated list of file names to be checked for ma=
il.
The message to be printed when mail arrives in a particular f=
ile
may be specified by separating the file name from the mess=
age
with a `?'. When used in the text of the message, $_ expands=
to
the name of the current mailfile. Example:
MAILPATH=3D'/var/mail/bfox?"You have mail":~/shell-mail?"$_=
has
mail!"'
Bash supplies a default value for this variable, but the lo=
ca-
tion of the user mail files that it uses is system depend=
ent
(e.g., /var/mail/$USER).
I might add that I have MAIL set to a Maildir format mailbox, and at
least on my Debian system it works just great. So I theorize that if you
had a Maildir setup with subfolders it _may_ work to set MAIL to the
top-level directory. Testing the hypothesis is left for the aspiring
mad scientist. ;-)
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