--- applets/clockmail/clockmail.c.orig	Wed Sep 23 04:39:38 1998
+++ applets/clockmail/clockmail.c	Wed Sep 30 02:13:16 1998
@@ -385,9 +385,15 @@
 		{
 		if (ad->mail_file) g_free(ad->mail_file);
 		ad->mail_file = NULL;
-		if (getenv ("MAIL"))
-			ad->mail_file = g_strdup(getenv ("MAIL"));
+		if (getenv ("MAIL")) {
+			char *user;
+			user = getenv ("USER");
+			if (NULL != user) {
+				ad->mail_file = g_malloc (strlen (user) + 20);
+				sprintf (ad->mail_file, "/var/mail/%s", user);
+			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(ad->applet),"change_orient",
 		GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(applet_change_orient), ad);
