nemail is a small program that puts itself in the background and watches mailboxes in order to report when new mail has been arrived. This will be reported on the terminal it was started. The output can also be integrated in graphical programs. This package was inspired by the Elm component newmail. The Elm Mail System was a great mail program until Michael Elkins started writing Mutt which quickly became faster, more flexible and easier to use. However, there has been no replacement for the ``newmail'' program which is subject of this package. Due to the Elm license which is not compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL) it was not possible to combine the old code with code licensed under the GNU GPL. As a result this project had to be started from scratch. Many thanks go to the Elm Development Group who have provided me with a great mail program for several years. Many thanks to Dave Taylor who started the program back in 1986 and has even moved away from programming altogether.