Re: New mail arrival announcement

Jose <jose(_at_)blrp24(_dot_)verifone(_dot_)com> writes:
> I am new to Linux and I am running Slackware.. Kernal 2.0.30.  Whenever a
> new mail arrives for a user, there is a message which flashes up on all
> sessions of the user.  
>
> This is irritating and at most times undesirable, as it prints half the
> mail alongwith the message.  How do I turn this off?
Remove the
        biff y
line from the shell startup files /etc/login, /etc/.login, /etc/.profile,
/etc/tcsh.login, etc.


Philip Guenther