Re: How to get rid of "The mail in ____ has been read." ?

[Bruce Stephens <b.stephens@xxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > Yes, I think that's right.  I don't think this affects the ordinary
> > "You have new mail" message at all.  I think the mail_warning option
> > is a special option for the paranoid; you get the ordinary message
> > just by setting mailpath, or MAIL.
> 
> I just confirmed this with the sources.  Something else I never knew.

I vaguely remember it being added.  And yes, it was as much for a joke
as anything.