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Article #435Re: Can I have nn alert me of incoming mail?
From: Tom McCain
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:46
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:46
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guckes@math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes) writes: : mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes: : >Is there a way to have nn alert me of incoming mail like rn does? : >For instance, when mail comes in, there would just be a "(Mail)" : >sitting on the status line at the bottom... : To let nn notify you of new mail just set the variable "mail" to your : mailbox file within your nn init file ($HOME/.nn/init). : (Well, I think this does it.) Nope. : set mail /var/spool/mail/guckes This allows you to type ":rmail" and read your new mail messages. It doesn't notify you of new mail. --tom -- Tom McCain tom@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu As of next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu!tom From: tom@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom McCain) Newsgroups: news.software.nn Subject: Re: Can I have nn alert me of incoming mail? Message-ID: <tom.724545960@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 16 Dec 92 22:46:00 GMT References: <1992Dec15.224557.23117@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <A3V9BCV@math.fu-berlin.de> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Lines: 25