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.TH MSGCHK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
msgchk \- check 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 all known mail drops for mail waiting
for you.  For those drops which have mail for you,
.B msgchk
will
indicate if it believes that you 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.

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

.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta 2.4i
.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
None
.fi

.SH "SEE ALSO"
inc(1)

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

.SH CONTEXT
None