Josh Kramer writes:
JK> If you use tcsh, this handy alias will display a one line message
JK> at your prompt telling you if and at what time new mail has
JK> arrived, or will display nothing if there has been no new mail.
JK> In .cshrc, add the line:
JK> alias precmd 'finger your_username | grep "New mail" | grep -v
JK> "no"'
JK> Replace your_username with your real username, login again, and
JK> you're set.
JK> I hope that this is useful for some people.
Not likely, if you are using procmail to split mail into
separate folders. (; Not all messages are going to go into $MAIL, so
'finger your_username' isn't going to pick up new mail.
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