admin/bin/newmail.sh

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#!/usr/local/bin/bash
# Notifies users of newly received mail
# kneezle@tilde.institute
NewMail(){
NEWMAIL=$(mailx &)
UNREAD=$(echo $NEWMAIL |grep -o 'messages.*new' | cut -f2 -d" ")
}
NewMail # call NewMail function
UNREAD=${UNREAD/>/}
if [ -n "$UNREAD" ]; then
echo "`whoami` you have $UNREAD new mail(s) "
fi