This is how I display new mail via a commands.conf script #!/bin/sh su - mailuser -c "echo q | mail | grep \"[UN] \"" | awk '{ print $3 " " $4 " " $7 " " $9 " " $10 " " $11 " " $12 " " $13}' Regards, Robert -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to listar@linuxtv.org with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.