s="filename">/var/spool/mail/u/s/user.
noenv

  Do not set the MAIL environment variable.

nopen

  Don't print any mail information on login. This flag is useful to get the MAIL environment variable set, but to not display any information about it.

quiet

  Only report when there is new mail.

standard

  Old style "You have..." format which doesn't show the mail spool being used. This also implies "empty".

### 6.20.3. MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

The `session` and `auth` (on establishment and deletion of credentials) module types are provided.

### 6.20.4. RETURN VALUES

PAM_BUF_ERR

  Memory buffer error.

PAM_SERVICE_ERR

  Badly formed arguments.

PAM_SUCCESS

  Success.

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

  User not known.

### 6.20.5. EXAMPLES

Add the following line to `/etc/pam.d/login` to indicate that the user has new mail when they login to the system.

    session  optional  pam_mail.so standard

### 6.20.6. AUTHOR

pam_mail was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.

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