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CHECKMAIL(1)					     CHECKMAIL(1)

NAME
       checkmail - plays a sound file when the user receives mail

SYNOPSIS
       checkmail

DESCRIPTION
       The checkmail program checks the status of the user's mail
       drop.   If  new mail is waiting, checkmail runs playbucket
       to play a sound and returns an exit status of 0.	 If  mail
       has  been  cleared,  an	exit status of 2 is returned.  If
       there has been no change, an exit status of 1 is returned.

       The  checkmail  program	is  intended  to be used with the
       checkCommand resource of xbiff.	To set this resource, add
       the following line to your .Xdefaults file:

		 xbiff*checkCommand: checkmail

FILES
       /usr/spool/mail/$USER	     the user's mail drop

       $HOME/.mailstat		     holds the previous mail drop
				     size

       $HOME/.mailsound		     audio  file  to  play   when
				     there's new mail

SEE ALSO
       playbucket(1), xbiff(1), nas(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

AUTHOR
       Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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