MSGCHK(1)MSGCHK(1)NAMEmsgchk - check for messages
SYNOPSISmsgchk [-date] [-nodate] [-notify all/mail/nomail]
[-nonotify all/mail/nomail]
[-host hostname] [-user username] [-kpop]
[users ...] [-version] [-help]
DESCRIPTION
The msgchk program checks all known mail drops for mail
waiting for you. For those drops which have mail for you,
msgchk will indicate if it believes that you have seen the
mail in question before.
The `-notify type' switch indicates under what circum-
stances msgchk should produce a message. The default is
`-notify all' which says that msgchk should always report
the status of the users maildrop. Other values for `type'
include `mail' which says that msgchk should report the
status of waiting mail; and, `nomail' which says that
msgchk should report the status of empty maildrops. The
`-nonotify type' switch has the inverted sense, so
`-nonotify all' directs msgchk to never report the status
of maildrops. This is useful if the user wishes to check
msgchk's exit status. A non-zero exit status indicates
that mail was not waiting for at least one of the indi-
cated users.
If msgchk produces output, then the `-date' switch directs
msgchk to print out the last date mail was read, if this
can be determined.
Using POP
msgchk will normally check all the local mail drops, but
if the option "pophost:" is set in the mts configuration
file "mts.conf", or if the `-host hostname' switch is
given, msgchk will query this POP service host as to the
status of mail waiting.
The default is for msgchk to assume that your account name
on the POP server is the same as your current username.
To specify a different username, use the `-user username'
switch.
When using POP, you will normally need to type the pass-
word for your account on the POP server, in order to
retrieve your messages. It is possible to automate this
process by creating a ".netrc" file containing your login
account information for this POP server. For each POP
server, this file should have a line of the following
form. Replace the words mypopserver, mylogin, and mypass-
word with your own account information.
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machine mypopserver login mylogin password mypassword
This ".netrc" file should be owned and readable only by
you.
For debugging purposes, there is also a switch `-snoop',
which will allow you to watch the POP transaction take
place between you and the POP server.
If nmh has been compiled with KPOP #defined, the `-kpop'
switch will allow msgchk to use Kerberized POP rather than
standard POP3 on a given invocation. If POPSERVICE was
also #defined to "kpop", msgchk will be hardwired to
always use KPOP.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
/usr/contrib/mh/etc/mts.conf nmh mts configuration file
/var/mail/$USER Location of mail drop
PROFILE COMPONENTS
None
SEE ALSOinc(1)DEFAULTS
`user' defaults to the current user
`-date'
`-notify all'
CONTEXT
None
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