Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 18:38:40 -0600 From: "Jason Young" <doogie@anet-stl.com> To: "Robert" <robert@namodn.com>, "Paul Stewart" <pstewart@kawartha.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: You Have New Mail Message-ID: <00c201be66a0$83ecfe60$0a01010a@rhea.anet-stl.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990304142804.13253A-100000@namodn.com>
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To my knowledge, the "you have new mail" notification just checks to see if the modification time of the mail spool has changed since it last looked. When the POP daemon messes with the mail spool, it changes the mtime. The best way to deal with that is probably just to shut up the new mail notification feature entirely (dependent on your shell, read the manpage). Jason Young ANET Chief Network Engineer > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Robert > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 8:33 AM > To: Paul Stewart > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: You Have New Mail > > > Hmm, pine is being used to read the local mail.. but i think he uses a POP > client on his workstation, too. > > Any way i can make pop and the shell work together so new messages are not > erroneously detected? (i'm sure he won't take to the idea of not using a > graphical client, although i'll suggest it ;) he winced when i gave him > the procmail faq (filtering is a neccessity for 'im) > > Thanks everybody! > > -rob > > On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Paul Stewart wrote: > > > Hi there... we have this happen with all our shell servers because PINE > > pop's the mail from a remote mail server...:) When the mail is stored > > locally this works fine....:) > > > > Hope that helps.... > > > > Paul > > > > > > On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Robert wrote: > > > > > > > > I am getting a complaint from a shell user that he is getting > "You have > > > new mail" messages when he does not in fact have new mail. > > > > > > Nothing seems amiss on the surface; this is the first i've > heard of this > > > phenomenon... any pointers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > www.ArtWritingMusic.com > > > robert@namodn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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