Do a 'man <your shell>', 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 is a new mail for
> him/her whenever user logs in
>
> i used to get it back then when i was using sendmail.. but i migrate to
> qmail..

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To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the 
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

In one of the Bard's best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on 
two fronts about how life turns rotten.



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