| MOTD(5) | File Formats Manual | MOTD(5) | 
NAME
 motd — file containing message(s) of the day
DESCRIPTION
 The file 
/etc/motd is normally displayed by 
login(1) after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is prepended to this file.
Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named “.hushlogin” in their home directories.
 
EXAMPLES
NetBSD 1.0 (SUN_LAMP) #9: Sun Nov 20 22:47:57 PST 1994 
 
Make sure you have a .forward file... 
 
4/17	Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday.