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msgchk(1)
NAME
  msgchk - check for messages (only available within the message handling
  system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
  msgchk [-help] [-nodate] [-notify all |  |  | mail |	|  | nomail]
  [users ... ]

OPTIONS
  -help
      Prints a list of the valid options for this command.

  -date

  -nodate
      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.

  -notify all|mail|nomail

  -nonotify all|mail|nomail
      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.

  -source file
      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.

RESTRICTIONS
  msgchk 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
   1.  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

   2.  The next example shows a user checking 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
  $HOME/.mh_profile
      The user profile.

  /usr/lib/mh/mtstailor
      The system customization file.

  /usr/spool/mail/$USER
      The user's maildrop.

SEE ALSO
  inc(1)

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