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Re: Can I have nn alert me of incoming mail?

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From: Beirne Konarski
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:15
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tom@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom McCain) writes:

>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.

Yes, it does notify you about new mail.  It shows up to the right of the time
on the status line.

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From: hc05@rexago8.uucp (Beirne Konarski)
Subject: Re: Can I have nn alert me of incoming mail?
Message-ID: <1992Dec17.181528.25666@rexago8.uucp>
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Organization: Summit Information Systems
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