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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