--- src/mail.c~	2003-12-28 13:09:16.000000000 -0800
+++ src/mail.c	2003-12-28 13:20:56.000000000 -0800
@@ -501,6 +501,26 @@
 readmail(otmp)
 struct obj *otmp;
 {
+#  ifdef SIMPLE_MAIL
+  FILE* mb = fopen(mailbox, "r");
+  char curline[80], from[20], buf[80], *tmp;
+
+  /* for use with strtok*/
+  strcpy(curline, buf);
+
+  while (fgets(curline, 80, mb) != NULL);
+
+  strncpy (from, strtok(buf, ":"), 20);
+
+  snprintf(buf, 80, "This scroll is from '%s'.", strtok(curline, ":"));
+  pline(buf);
+  tmp = strtok(NULL, ":");
+  tmp[strlen(tmp) - 1] = '\0'; /* kill newline */
+  snprintf(buf, 80, "It reads: \"%s\".", tmp);
+  pline(buf);
+
+  fclose(mb);
+#  else
 #  ifdef DEF_MAILREADER			/* This implies that UNIX is defined */
 	register const char *mr = 0;
 
@@ -517,6 +537,7 @@
 	display_file(mailbox, TRUE);
 #   endif /* AMS */
 #  endif /* DEF_MAILREADER */
+# endif /* SIMPLE_MAIL */
 
 	/* get new stat; not entirely correct: there is a small time
 	   window where we do not see new mail */
--- include/unixconf.h~	2003-12-24 21:41:51.000000000 -0800
+++ include/unixconf.h	2003-12-28 13:21:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#define MAILCKFREQ	50
+#ifdef SIMPLE_MAIL /* one-liners - check often */
+# define MAILCKFREQ 10
+#else
+# define MAILCKFREQ 50
 #endif	/* MAIL */