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What should I put in my .login to make my default shell (csh)
a) notify me of new mail or old mail at login   and...
b) notify me of when Im logged on when I recieve mail.

I guess all im looking for is a snippet from someones .login or .cshrc or
the appropriate thing.  tnx
rick

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|> What should I put in my .login to make my default shell (csh)
|> a) notify me of new mail or old mail at login   and...
|> b) notify me of when Im logged on when I recieve mail.

What about: 'man biff'
Hope this helps.

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Thanks for helping me solve this cranial eclipse of mine!
tnx, rick

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: What should I put in my .login to make my default shell (csh)
: a) notify me of new mail or old mail at login   and...
: b) notify me of when Im logged on when I recieve mail.

: I guess all im looking for is a snippet from someones .login or .cshrc or
: the appropriate thing.  tnx
: rick

====.login=====
nonewmail  #is suposed to prevent multiple instances of newmail program
newmail

Quote:>What should I put in my .login to make my default shell (csh)
>a) notify me of new mail or old mail at login   and...

The system initial cshrc should do this for you (usually /etc/cshrc)

Quote:>b) notify me of when Im logged on when I recieve mail.

Option 1:

In your .cshrc file add :
        set mail=(0 /usr/spool/mail/$user)

This will check for new mail just before every csh prompt. It's not
immediate, but less annoying.

Option 2:

In your .login file add :
        biff y

If your system has "biff", this'll splat mail-notification on your screen.
It's more immediate than the first option, but gets annoying real fast.
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Hi,

    You can check the man page of frm which is avialable for showing the
number of unread and new mails, if options are chosen rightly.

    AFter figuring out the suitable command, put it in your .cshrc.

Eugene

: What should I put in my .login to make my default shell (csh)
: a) notify me of new mail or old mail at login   and...
: b) notify me of when Im logged on when I recieve mail.

: I guess all im looking for is a snippet from someones .login or .cshrc or
: the appropriate thing.  tnx
: rick

Well, if you want to just check if you have a mail when u login, all u
have to check if its exist $mail file.
Thats usualy /usr/spool/mail/$user

Now, where u have to put it.
If u run some rsh stuff on that machine from the others machines, put
checking in .login file.
.login executes just ones and thats when u logging in!

DanY.