msgchk(1)msgchk(1)NAMEmsgchk - check for messages (only available within the message handling
system, mh)
SYNOPSISmsgchk [-help] [-nodate] [-notify all | | | mail | | | nomail]
[users ... ]
OPTIONS
Prints a list of the valid options for this command. Prints the date
when you last read your mail. This is the default behavior of msgchk.
The -nodate option can be used of you do not want to print this date.
Indicates under what circumstances msgchk should produce a message.
There are three legal values: all, mail, and nomail. The default is
-notify all, which reports the status of the maildrop regardless of
whether it has mail in it or not. The -notify mail option reports the
status of the maildrop only if there is mail waiting. The
-notify nomail option reports the status of the maildrop only if there
is no mail in it. Specifies the source which are checked for mail. The
only value allowed is file, which is the user's maildrop. Additional
values are supported only for use with other mail systems.
DESCRIPTION
The msgchk program checks all known mail drops for mail that is waiting
for you. It displays whether you have mail waiting to be read or not
and shows the date that you last read your mail.
You can check other user's maildrops by specifying their user names as
the users argument on the command line.
RESTRICTIONSmsgchk does not understand the $MAILDROP environmental variable. If
mail is fetched from a location other than /usr/spool/mail/$USER,
msgchk will not be able to determine if new mail has arrived. However,
inc can still be used to fetch mail when it arrives.
For this version, the -source option only supports the value file.
Additional values are supported for use only with other mail systems.
EXAMPLES
This example shows a user Smith checking his own maildrop: % msgchk
Smith:
New file source mail waiting ; last read on
Tue, 07 Jun 1988 17:21:49 WET The next example shows a user check‐
ing the maildrops of two other local users on the same system, Rabb and
Jones: % msgchk Rabb Jones Rabb:
No file-source mail waiting ; last read on
Tue, 07 Jun 1997 13:22:25 WET Jones:
New file source mail waiting ; last read on
Tue, 07 Jun 1997 17:30:05 WET
FILES
The user profile. The system customization file. The user's maildrop.
SEE ALSOinc(1)msgchk(1)