New mail notification on login

From: Julyan Cartwright <julyan_at_hp1.uib.es>
Date: Fri Aug 30 18:14:03 1996

Hi,
        Is it possible to get notification of _new_ mail on login?
The login process notifies about the presence of mail in the inbox, but
doesn't distinguish whether it was already there at the end of the
previous login session.
Csh and tcsh notify about new mail, but only when it arrives during
a login session, not at the beginning.
What I would like on login is to be told 'You have mail' when there is
something in the inbox that was already there last time I logged out,
and to be told 'You have new mail' when the size of the inbox file has grown
since the last login.
Anyone?
        Julyan

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Received on Fri Aug 30 1996 - 18:14:03 NZST

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