make mail go somewhere by default [was Re: please deactivate services by default!]

[Colin Walters]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Debarshi Ray <debarshi.ray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just hit upon gnubiff. What do you think of it? Can we get it to
> notify users who don't use the ttys about mail? I have never used it
> myself, so I am not sure.

No, we're not going to install biff by default on the desktop - aside
from custom cron jobs there is no reason for the default OS to be
generating email.  Things like smartctl should be integrated with HAL
and generally be handled the same way e.g. the low disk space
notification works now.