- Add a COMPATIBILITY section explaining that the default

behaviour of obtaining the affected terminal has changed.
 - Refer to the user's terminal instead of the current
   terminal session.
 - Tell the reader what the utility does when it is invoked
   without arguments.

Submitted by:		johan
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Robert Drehmel 2002-07-24 18:37:22 +00:00
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
during the current terminal session.
utility informs the system whether you want to be notified on your terminal
when mail arrives.
.Pp
Affected is the first terminal associated with the standard input,
standard output or standard error file descriptor, in that order.
@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ to be executed at each login.
When bell notification is enabled, only two bell characters (ASCII \\007)
will be printed on your terminal whenever mail arrives.
.Pp
If no arguments are given,
.Nm
displays the present notification status of the terminal to the
standard output.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility operates asynchronously.
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.It >1
An error occurred.
.El
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
Previous versions of the
.Nm
utility affected the terminal attached to standard error without first
trying the standard input or output devices.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr mail 1 ,