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CHECKMAIL(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual CHECKMAIL(1)

checkmail - plays a sound file when the user receives mail

checkmail

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 returned. 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

/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

playbucket(1), xbiff(1), nas(1)

Copyright 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
1.9.4

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