[arch-general] "You have mail" message at login

[Marek Otahal]

On Tuesday 16 of October 2012 10:33:53 Sébastien Leblanc wrote:
> On 16 October 2012 01:42, gt <static.vortex at gmx.com> wrote:
> > Whenever I log in to a TTY, I get this message. I read my system mails
> > through mutt, so i don't need this.
> 
> Pam is taking care of showing whether you have mail or not. In
> /etc/pam.d/system-login, comment this line:
> 
>     session    optional   pam_mail.so          dir=/var/spool/mail standard
> 
> You should not get new mail prompts anymore.
Thank you for the solution! I have run into the same issue too, however, I'd like to keep the login msg when on TTY, but avoid it with kdm/graphical login prompt (new mail, and MOTD is displayed), I think this started with systemd/new kde ..?

Thank you for your time, Mark
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Marek Otahal :o)