[wellylug] MailDIR + "You have new mail"

[jumbophut]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 23:04:54 +1200 (NZST), David Antliff wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, jumbophut wrote:
> > Some not-so-promising info here (I'm assuming you use Bash):
> > <http://www.cs.utk.edu/~help/mail/biff/>
> 
> "There is currently no working new mail notification for the bash shell."
> - that can't possibly be right. As I said in my last email, I've been
> using the bash email notification for at least two years.
> 

It refers to no notification using maildir, which is obviously what
cs.utk.edu uses on their servers, along with whatever specific setup
they have.  biff will give you notification for mbox, and has done
for, well, ever.

-- 
Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')