From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Title: mail checking Article-I.D.: ucbvax.7126 Posted: Mon May 10 17:06:41 1982 Received: Tue May 11 03:44:24 1982 >From LECIN@GREEN Mon May 10 17:05:45 1982 System: 11/780 OS : VMS Situation: I am unable to access the micro-fiche, and perhaps this stuff isn't there to be found anyway! When you log in, VMS tells you if you have mail. WHERE IS THIS INFORMATION kept? I know that even if the user disk is dismounted, and a users mail file unaccessible, it will STILL report the presence of new mail. (I haven't got sources to MAIL here...) I am wondering where this info is kept and whether or not the AVERAGE unprivileged user process can GET this information. I am trying, basically, to write the equivalent of DEC-20 EXEC's MAIL-CHECK feature on VMS... Any info at all to LECIN at RUTGERS. [Mijjil]