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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: newmail also displays on console (bug)
Message-ID: <9162@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 25 Mar 89 17:12:43 GMT
References: <316@wubios.wustl.edu> <890002@hpausla.HP.COM> <9120@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> <127@titania.warwick.ac.uk>
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
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In article <127@titania.warwick.ac.uk> cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) writes:
>In article <9120@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>>For systems with csh and job control, you could use the new newmail and put
>>"/bin/kill -1 -1" in .logout.  This probably has bad effects for root and if
>>you are logged in more than once.  Code for a better solution would be
>>welcomed.
>
>... and if you've got any background jobs you want to survive.  

This isn't a problem with "kill -1 -1".  Remember that csh sets up
background jobs to ignore SIGHUP.  

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  Jon Zeeff			zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us
  Ann Arbor, MI			mailrus!b-tech!zeeff