2 probably frequently asked questions

[Bob Shair]

stsiegem at uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Stephan Siegemund-Broka) writes:

>These are probably faq's but here goes: is there a simple way to 
>have the csh prompt that "You have mail", when you login?

In the user's ".cshrc" file:

    set mail = (/usr/spool/mail/$USER)

In the user's ".login" file:

    if !(-z $mail) then
      echo You have new mail
    endif
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