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>.