MSGCHK(1) [nmh-1.0.4] (MH.6.8) MSGCHK(1)
NAME
msgchk - check for messages
SYNOPSIS
msgchk [-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 circumstances
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 indicated
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 password
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
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words mypopserver, mylogin, and mypassword with your own
account information.
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
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
/usr/freeware/lib/nmh/etc/mts.conf nmh mts configuration file
/var/mail/$USER Location of mail drop
PROFILE COMPONENTS
None
SEE ALSO
inc(1)
DEFAULTS
`user' defaults to the current user
`-date'
`-notify all'
CONTEXT
None
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