In bash I think you need to set MAIL and MAILCHECK, like: MAIL=/var/mail/lxy MAILCHECK=60 (interval, in seconds, to stat the MAIL file) You can actually point MAIL to anything you want, and be notified when it changes. I think the prompt is even configurable in bash. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Brian wrote: > I just set up exim on a Mandrake box. I have mail in /var/mail/lxy, but > when I log into a shell it doesn't give me the ever friendly "You have new > mail" notification. How can I turn this on? > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list