[NTLUG:Discuss] Last time mail was read.

[Rusty Haddock]

Bob Byron wrote:
    >I saw that there is a simple way to get the last time email was
    >read for an account by using the "finger" command.  Unfortunately,
    >finger shows this "Unread since" value on the fourth or fifth line along
    >with other information.  Is there another command that will show
    >the last time email was read for a user?  I don't really want to dig
    >into the maillog either.  finger will do, but it is not my ideal.

Try this:

	ls -lc --full-time /var/spool/mail/$USER

Without the "--full-time" you could get just "May 28, 2003" with
no time (ie. if the time of last status change is more the 6-months
in the past).

	-Rusty-
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