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 Documented in Volume 1 of the UNIX Programmers Manual.

 % checknews yn
  will always report 'There is news' or 'No news is good news'.
  This is useful in .login files.

 % checknews -yvv
  will force a list of why checknews thinks there is news (or why not).
  For example:

  News: sdnet.general ...
  There is probably news.

  See also rn, readnews

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