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From: david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman)
Newsgroups: hacknews
Subject: shell mail checking every minute 
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Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 17:32:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 31 17:32:19 1984
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Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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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
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