> Is there a way to bring a job to the foreground by pid?

Which shell do you use?  Bash, at least, has a command called "fg" to
foreground a backgrounded task.

You would need to make this an alias or shell function (depending on the
shell) because the shell has to be reattached to session.

Personally, I just run 'screen' with my mail in one window...

-allen

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