New mail check using Basic MHS

[Stuart Burge]

Hi,

We've a Novell 3.12 system installed. I setup Basic MHS several months
ago but never really used it because I couldn't get the NEWMAIL checker
program to tell me when new mail arrived. I use this syntax in the system
login script:

#NEWMAIL
IF "%ERROR_LEVEL">"0" THEN
WRITE "You have mail."
END

Is there a problem with NEWMAIL or is this wrong?

Stu.

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Stuart Burge Network People,
Sevenoaks, Kent
England, UK.

[Julie Dickinson]

First Mail is looking at the MHS\MAIL\USERS\<username>\FIRST directory
for new mail. Since you don't have a FIRST directory, you have an MHS
directory instead, new messages aren't being reported. First Mail will
scan the MHS\MAIL\USERS\<username>\MHS for messages, but won't report
new messages.

In the NSEPro, there's a Tech Support factoid sheet that says if you change
your default mail application in First Mail from FIRST to MHS, it'll report
new messages.

julie (julie dickinson, jdic...@novell.com)
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In article <792242...@nwpeople.demon.co.uk> s...@nwpeople.demon.co.uk writes:
>Hi,
>
>We've a Novell 3.12 system installed. I setup Basic MHS several months
>ago but never really used it because I couldn't get the NEWMAIL checker
>program to tell me when new mail arrived. I use this syntax in the system
>login script:

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