Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!david From: david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman) Newsgroups: hacknews Subject: shell mail checking every minute Message-ID: <3500@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 17:32:19 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.3500 Posted: Tue Jan 31 17:32:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 17:32:19 EST Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 10 A new version of the shell (sh(1)) has been installed. This version does mail-checking only every minute, instead of before each prompt. The former clearly represented unnecessary overhead. This version also checks for a mailbox that has grown in size since the last check. The main visible benefit will be the lack of a ``you have mail'' message after deleting mail. The only disadvantage is that it is possible to delete some mail and then get a small message that goes unnoticed. This circumstance should be relatively unusual. -- David Trueman @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!david