From 15958e9488c4fbd3fda96ada6692b571898e0616 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:17:35 +1300
Subject: Do tell me about mail if I'm likely to care

---
 bash/bashrc | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'bash/bashrc')

diff --git a/bash/bashrc b/bash/bashrc
index 208f8b70..abfc6267 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc
+++ b/bash/bashrc
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
 # Keep the times of the commands in history
 HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T  '
 
-# Don't tell me about mail
-unset -v MAILCHECK
+# Only tell me about new mail if MAIL is set and in $HOME
+if [[ $MAIL == "$HOME"/* ]]; then
+    MAILCHECK=15
+else
+    unset -v MAILCHECK
+fi
 
 # Never beep at me
 setterm -bfreq 0 2>/dev/null
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