MSGCHK(1)		      [mh.6] (MH.6.8)		     MSGCHK(1)

     NAME
	  msgchk - check for messages

     SYNOPSIS
	  msgchk [-date] [-nodate] [-notify all/mail/nomail]
	       [-nonotify all/mail/nomail] [users ...]	[-help]

     DESCRIPTION
	  The msgchk program checks all	known mail drops for mail
	  waiting for you.  For	those drops which have mail for	you,
	  msgchk will indicate if it believes that you have seen the
	  mail in question before.

	  The `-notify type' switch indicates under what circumstances
	  msgchk should	produce	a message.  The	default	is
	  `-notify all'	which says that	msgchk should always report
	  the status of	the users maildrop.  Other values for `type'
	  include `mail' which says that msgchk	should report the
	  status of waiting mail; and, `nomail'	which says that	msgchk
	  should report	the status of empty maildrops.	The
	  `-nonotify type' switch has the inverted sense, so
	  `-nonotify all' directs msgchk to never report the status of
	  maildrops.  This is useful if	the user wishes	to check
	  msgchk's exit	status.	 A non-zero exit status	indicates that
	  mail was not waiting for at least one	of the indicated
	  users.

	  If msgchk produces output, then the `-date' switch directs
	  msgchk to print out the last date mail was read, if this can
	  be determined.

     FILES
	  $HOME/.mh_profile		      The user profile
	  /usr/local/lib/mh/mtstailor	      tailor file
	  /var/mail/$USER		      Location of mail drop

     PROFILE COMPONENTS
	  None

     SEE ALSO
	  inc(1)

     DEFAULTS
	  `user' defaults to the current user
	  `-date'
	  `-notify all'

     CONTEXT
	  None

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