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CHECKMAIL(1) General Commands Manual CHECKMAIL(1) NAME checkmail - plays a sound file when the user receives mail SYNOPSIS checkmail DESCRIPTION The checkmail program checks the status of the user's mail drop. If new mail is waiting, checkmail runs playbucket to play a sound and returns an exit status of 0. If mail has been cleared, an exit status of 2 is re- turned. If there has been no change, an exit status of 1 is returned. The checkmail program is intended to be used with the checkCommand resource of xbiff. To set this resource, add the following line to your .Xdefaults file: xbiff*checkCommand: checkmail FILES /usr/spool/mail/$USER the user's mail drop $HOME/.mailstat holds the previous mail drop size $HOME/.mailsound audio file to play when there's new mail SEE ALSO playbucket(1), xbiff(1), nas(1) COPYRIGHT Copyright 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc. AUTHOR Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc. 1.9.4 CHECKMAIL(1)
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