Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:22:06 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Rem P Roberti <rem@bsd.remdog.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Incoming Mail Announcement Message-ID: <470318EE.7000002@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20071002233538.GA33975@bsd.remdog.net> References: <20071002233538.GA33975@bsd.remdog.net>
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Rem P Roberti wrote: > > Hi Everyone. More newbie stuff. I finally got Mutt and > Getmail configured properly and everything is > working great. However...this dear woman keeps > intruding on my life to announce to me that I have > "incoming mail," and I have no idea about how to--- > if you will excuse the expression---kill her. A > heads up on this would be most appreciated. > > Rem And which "dear woman" is this? And, if she is really dear, you wouldn't dare to kill her!!! :-D Now, if you're actually talking about the shell, check your shell resource files for the 'set mail' line. On mine, it is: set mail = (/var/mail/$USER) Which I believe defaults to checking the mail every 5 minutes. Change that to: set mail = (86400 /var/mail/$USER) and the old lady will only nudge you once each morning ;-) Probably something a little smaller would be best. Kevin Kinsey -- The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them. -- Lenny Bruce
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