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From: sutton@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Richard Sutton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Mail
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Date: 12 Jan 91 00:59:32 GMT
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Reply-To: sutton@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Richard Sutton)
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my apologies, your interim .signature was posted alone prior to your question.
the following is in my .login, hope it helps:

if ( $term == dialup || $term == unknown || $term == network) then
	set noglob
	eval `tset -sQ -m 'dialup:?vt100' -m 'network:?vt100' `
	set glob
	stty -crterase
	stty -tabs
	stty crt
	stty erase '^h'
	stty werase '^?'
	stty new
	set term=$TERM
	if ($?MAIL) then
	    if (-w $MAIL && ! -z $MAIL) echo "You have mail."
endif