"You have mail" under user account

Hello

Whenever I log in as root, I am greeted with
Code:
 You have mail.
However, when I log in as my normal user, I don't have this message (while having new mail).

So my question now is: what is responsible for displaying
Code:
 You have mail.
and how can I get that as a user?
 
Uncomment this line in /etc/aliases:
Code:
# root: me@my.domain
and change it to
Code:
root:username
Do on the command line as root, newaliases.
 
That re-routes root mail to the user. But it does not control the display of the "You have new mail" message. In csh(), that's controlled by the mail variable:
man csh | less "+8/mail"
 
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