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 in on the shell


> 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..
>
> --
> A Panagram
>
> 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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