And what about using the command mesg in your .bashrc. mesg y allows others to write on your terminal. So that, I think that your are notify by a beep when receiving a mail .
Hope that will help you François On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:44:59 +1030 Thomas Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is done either by the server comsat, which is the server for biff, > or by bash itself. If it is bash then it is done with the MAIL or > MAILPATH variables. > > Regards > Tom > Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > > > Can anybody tell me which file causes this to come on my screen: > > "You have mail in /var/spool/mail/chomiak" > > If I could find that file I might be able to modify it to get a beep when > > mail comes in instead of just the words on the screen. /etc/bash_profile > > was suggested to me; I don't have that. I checked /etc/profile and > > .bash_profile in my home directory. > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Cheryl > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] BULL-CITB tel:(+33) 556 437 848 Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 207, cours du Médoc fax:(+33) 556 437 978 http://www.citb.bull.net 33000 Bordeaux BullCom: 227 7848 ICQ :3886291 -------------------------------------------------------------- Linux -----