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Trouble with notify

#596
From: Steve Saroff lac00001
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1989 14:37
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Help with notify
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I am trouble getting the ordinary notify on an ultrix machine.
I do

setenv MAIL "20 /usr/spool/mail/$USER"

and I set notify, but for some reason I don't get any notifications.

Are there any 'sets' or other actions in a .login or .cshrc file which
can kill the set notify?

Thanks

			SzS
Dr. S.Z. Saroff
John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center   internet: saroff@jvncf.csc.org
665 College Road East, P.O. Box 3717                       saroff@jvncc.csc.org
Princeton, NJ 08543   (609) 520-2000             bitnet:   saroff@jvncc
               
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			SzS
Dr. S.Z. Saroff
John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center   internet: saroff@jvncf.csc.org
665 College Road East, P.O. Box 3717                       saroff@jvncc.csc.org
Princeton, NJ 08543   (609) 520-2000             bitnet:   saroff@jvncc
               
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                  oo oo          The Bear who Swims
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From: saroff@JVNCF.CSC.ORG (Steve Saroff lac00001)
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Subject: Trouble with notify
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Date: 13 Sep 89 14:37:47 GMT
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