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- Synopsis:
- on [<modes>]mail [<serial#>] [-|^]<match> { <action> }
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- Description:
- This hook is triggered whenever the client detects that the user has new
- email locally. It relies on MAIL being non-zero.
-
- Parameters:
- $0 number of new email messages
- $1 total number of email messages in user's mailbox
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- Examples:
- To keep the new mail message grammatically correct:
- on ^mail "*" {
- echo *** You have $0 new message${[$0] > 1 ? [s] : []}, $1 total
- }
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- See Also:
- set(4) mail
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- Other Notes:
- This hook has no control over the extended output given when MAIL is set
- to 2.
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