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on_mail [2006/08/29 16:08] (current) – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
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 +======Synopsis:======
 +[[on]] [<modes>]mail [<serial#>] [-|^]<match> { <action> }
 +
 +======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 |
 +
 +======Examples:======
 +To keep the new mail message grammatically correct:
 +   on ^mail "*" {
 +      xecho -b You have $0 new message${[$0] > 1 ? [s] : []}, $1 total
 +   }
 +
 +======Other Notes:======
 +This hook has no control over the extended output given when [[set mail|MAIL]] is set
 +to 2.
 +
  
on_mail.txt · Last modified: 2006/08/29 16:08 by 127.0.0.1