[SOLVED] mailx listing users with unread mail!

goofygoober · 12-04-2017, 06:14 PM

Hello there, I'm itching for some help with figuring out how to list the users in /var/spool/mail/ directory that have unread mail.
How would this even be possible considering I do not have access to other user's mail list?

Thanks for any help!

!j* · 12-04-2017, 07:49 PM

Try: lsmbox (or look into its source code)

AwesomeMachine · 12-05-2017, 11:54 PM

The unread flag is either set or clear. You can write a script to plow through each users email until it finds a set 'unread' flag, make note of the user, and continue on until every user's status as you define it is determined.

You can write the names to a file one at a time as you go, or all at the end when you're done. But without access to the emails it might be tough.