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## 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 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

## 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.

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