On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 18:45, Gabriel Kihlman <g...@abc.se> wrote: > Works here as you see below, could you try the same thing? > > $ echo $KSH_VERSION@(#)PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2 > $ uname -a > OpenBSD orm.abc.se 4.6 GENERIC.MP#34 amd64 > $ export MAILCHECK=1 > $ export MAIL=/var/mail/gk > $ echo "foo" >> /var/mail/gk > you have mail in /var/mail/gk
I tried these commands and i got the "you have mail" alert. But again, i don't get such a notification when i have a new mail from my system. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 19:05, Ron McDowell <r...@fuzzwad.org> wrote: > Are you using a different shell now? They [sh, csh, ksh, bash, etc.] all > handle mail notification slightly differently. Check the man page for the > shell you are using for details. I'm using ksh. $ echo $KSH_VERSION @(#)PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2 It is OpenBSD 4.6 GENERIC.MP#1 i386
