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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