Re: An obscure one...

[Randolph Fritz]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 01:46:58PM -0700, Rob Hudson wrote:
> Anyone know how to stop Linux from issuing the little messages like 'You
> have new mail in /var/spool/mail' at the command prompt?  Is it
> configurable?  On my system, I'm using gkrellm, so I know when mail
> comes in.  The command prompt message is only a slight annoyance, but if
> I can turn it off, I'd like to.

Unset the shell variable "MAILCHECK".
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Randolph Fritz
Eugene, Oregon, USA