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  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>pam_mail</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv id="pam_mail-name">
    <refname>pam_mail</refname>
    <refpurpose>Inform about available mail</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis id="pam_mail-cmdsynopsis">
      <command>pam_mail.so</command>
      <arg choice="opt">
	close
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
	debug
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        dir=<replaceable>maildir</replaceable>
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
	empty
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
	hash=<replaceable>count</replaceable>
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
	noenv
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
	nopen
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
	quiet
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
	standard
      </arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id="pam_mail-description">

    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

    <para>
      The pam_mail PAM module provides the "you have new mail"
      service to the user. It can be plugged into any application
      that has credential or session hooks. It gives a single message
      indicating the <emphasis>newness</emphasis> of any mail it finds
      in the user's mail folder. This module also sets the PAM
      environment variable, <emphasis remap='B'>MAIL</emphasis>, to the
      user's mail directory.
    </para>
    <para>
      If the mail spool file (be it <filename>/var/mail/$USER</filename>
      or a pathname given with the <option>dir=</option> parameter) is
      a directory then pam_mail assumes it is in the
      <emphasis remap='I'>Maildir</emphasis> format.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_mail-options">

    <title>OPTIONS</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>close</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Indicate if the user has any mail also on logout.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>debug</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      Print debug information.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>dir=<replaceable>maildir</replaceable></option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Look for the user's mail in an alternative location defined by
             <filename>maildir/&lt;login&gt;</filename>.  The default
             location for mail is <filename>/var/mail/&lt;login&gt;</filename>.
             Note, if the supplied
             <filename>maildir</filename> is prefixed by a '~', the
             directory is interpreted as indicating a file in the user's
             home directory.
            </para>
          </listitem>
	</varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>empty</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Also print message if user has no mail.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>hash=<replaceable>count</replaceable></option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Mail directory hash depth. For example, a
              <emphasis>hashcount</emphasis> of 2 would
              make the mail file be
              <filename>/var/spool/mail/u/s/user</filename>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>noenv</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      Do not set the <emphasis remap='B'>MAIL</emphasis>
              environment variable.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>nopen</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      Don't print any mail information on login. This flag is
              useful to get the <emphasis remap='B'>MAIL</emphasis>
              environment variable set, but to not display any information
              about it.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>quiet</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      Only report when there is new mail.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>standard</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      Old style "You have..." format which doesn't show the
              mail spool being used. This also implies "empty".
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>

    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_mail-types">
    <title>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</title>
    <para>
      The <option>session</option> and
      <option>auth</option> (on establishment and
      deletion of credentials) module types are provided.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_mail-return_values'>
    <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>PAM_BUF_ERR</term>
        <listitem>
           <para>
             Memory buffer error.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>PAM_SERVICE_ERR</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Badly formed arguments.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>PAM_SUCCESS</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Success.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>PAM_USER_UNKNOWN</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            User not known.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_mail-examples'>
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
    <para>
      Add the following line to <filename>/etc/pam.d/login</filename> to
      indicate that the user has new mail when they login to the system.
      <programlisting>
session  optional  pam_mail.so standard
      </programlisting>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_mail-see_also'>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_mail-author'>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
      <para>
        pam_mail was written by Andrew G. Morgan &lt;morgan@kernel.org&gt;.
      </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>