Maybe I don't get the point, but aren't the 'MAIL' and 'MAILCHECK' vars in bash or 'mail' in tcsh for this?
Ok, if you use them you need to press ENTER to get the notify, but if you're using the shell it works. Marcio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]