[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#470059: No Mail vs. Maildirs

jidanni at jidanni.org jidanni at jidanni.org
Sat Mar 8 20:22:59 UTC 2008


Package: login
Version: 1:4.1.0-2
Severity: minor

Man page says
       After a successful login, you will be informed of any system messages
       and the presence of mail. You may turn off the printing of the system
       message file, /etc/motd, by creating a zero-length file .hushlogin in
       your login directory. The mail message will be one of "You have new
       mail.", "You have mail.", or "No Mail." according to the condition of
       your mailbox.

But this assumes people have not graduated to Maildirs.
So then it will always say No Mail.
And where it thinks people are putting their mail is not even mentioned.





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