NAME

mailbox − incoming mail display

SYNOPSIS

mailbox [ options ] [ mailbox=path ]

DESCRIPTION

Mailbox is a monitor of incoming mail.  It can indicate the arrival of new mail in three ways:  by highlighting a “flag”, by displaying the sender and subject of new mail in a window, or by sounding the workstation bell. Any of these may optionally be turned off. 

The mailbox window’s behavior and placement can be controlled with the following options:

mailbox=path
Check the file path for incoming mail (default is constructed by appending the user’s login name to the path /usr/spool/mail)

rows=r
Make the window high enough to show the most recent r mail headers (default is 4). 

cols=c
Make the window wide enough to display c characters (default 45). 

delay=N
Check the mailbox file every N seconds (default is 60 seconds). 

noflag
Don’t display the “flag” (banner).

notext
Don’t display the “text” (headers) of incoming mail. Note that only one of the options noflag and notext can be used. 

count
Display a count of the number of unread mail items in the flag (default is for the flag to contain “Mail” or “M”, depending on space).

silent
Don’t ring the workstation bell when new mail arrives.

new

unread
Only display new (never seen), or unread (never read) mail. The default is to show all mail in the mailbox.

SEE ALSO

mail(1)

InterViews  —  Last change: 17 June 1987