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.TH MSGCHK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
msgchk \- check system mail drop for messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B msgchk
.RB [ \-date " | " \-nodate ]
.RB [ \-notify
all/mail/nomail ]
.RB [ \-nonotify
all/mail/nomail ]
.RI [ users
\&... ]
.RB [ \-Version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B msgchk
program checks your system mail drop for mail waiting
for you, or the given users.
If the requested users have mail,
.B msgchk
will
indicate if it believes that they have seen the mail in question before.
.PP
The
.B \-notify
.I type
switch indicates under what circumstances
.B msgchk
should produce a message.  The default is
.B \-notify
.I all
which says that
.B msgchk
should always report the status of the
users maildrop.  Other values for `type' include `mail' which says that
.B msgchk
should report the status of waiting mail; and, `nomail'
which says that
.B msgchk
should report the status of empty maildrops.
The
.B \-nonotify
.I type
switch has the inverted sense, so
.B \-nonotify
.I all
directs
.B msgchk
to never report the status of
maildrops.  This is useful if the user wishes to check
.BR msgchk 's
exit status.  A non\-zero exit status indicates that mail was
.B not
waiting for at least one of the indicated users.
.PP
If
.B msgchk
produces output, then the
.B \-date
switch directs
.B msgchk
to print out the last date mail was read, if this can
be determined.
.PP
If
.I users
are given, then
.B msgchk
will only check the default system mail drops.
Otherwise,
.B msgchk
will evaluate the environment variable
.I MAILDROP
and profile component
.I MailDrop
(in this order) first and, if they are set and non-empty,
checks that mail drop instead of the system default mail drop.

.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user profile
^%mailspool%/$USER~^Location of mail drop
.fi

.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta 2.4i
.ta \w'ExtraBigName  'u
^MailDrop~^Supersedes the default mail drop location
.fi

.SH ENVIRONMENT
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'ExtraBigName  'u
^MAILDROP~^Highest priority alternative mail drop location
.fi


.SH "SEE ALSO"
inc(1)

.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
.RB ` user "' defaults to the current user"
.RB ` \-date '
.RB ` "\-notify\ all" '
.fi

.SH CONTEXT
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