problems with mail

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2 total messages Started by martinUUCP Fri, 27 Feb 1987 19:57

#384

Author: martinUUCP
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1987 19:57

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1) Does the new (9.5?) version of mail check on mail arrival at login?
   My system doesn't, and I've ended up putting pointer's in user's
   .login and .profile files to do the checking.  At least the csh tells
   me when new mail arrives.

2) When I'm reading mail, and want to save it to a 'folder', I type
   's folder_name'.  Works fine if 'folder_name' already exists.
   But if it's a new file, it gets created with 'root' ownership.
   I end up 'su-ing' to the root account in order to change the
   file ownerships back to normal.  Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Brian K. Martin
(808) 735-5661

	ARPA: uhccux!medix!martin@nosc.ARPA
	UUCP: { ucbvax | dcdwest | ihnp4 | seismo }!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!medix!martin

Re: problems with mail

#387

Author: pato
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1987 18:52

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In article <8702270848.AA05665@uhmanoa.ICS.HAWAII.EDU> martin%UUCP@YALE.ARPA@medix.UUCP (Brian K. Martin) writes:
>
>1) Does the new (9.5?) version of mail check on mail arrival at login?
>   My system doesn't, and I've ended up putting pointer's in user's
>   .login and .profile files to do the checking.  At least the csh tells
>   me when new mail arrives.
>

The standard 4.2 mail check is not performed by the mail software,
but by the shells.  The first check is actually performed at login time by
/bin/login on most UNIX systems.  For DOMAIN/IX we have made /bin/start_csh
and /bin/start_sh do the initial mail check.  Subsequent checks are  
controlled by the setting of the mail variable in the CSH, and the 
MAIL environment variable for the bourne shell.

Under System V login does not check for new mail.  Sites that wish to
preserve the mail checking at login time should insert a mail check into
the system's /etc/profile file.  Subsequent checking is controlled by 
the settings of the MAIL, MAILCHECK and MAILPATH environment variables.

  Joe Pato              UUCP: ...{attunix,uw-beaver,decvax!wanginst}!apollo!pato
  Apollo Computer Inc.  ARPA: apollo!pato@mit-eddie.arpa

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