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Undocument (comment out) the description of the unimplemented MAILCHECK

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variable, and while here, enhance the description of MAIL a little.
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.\" $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.133 2017/04/30 16:02:48 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.134 2017/05/03 00:43:22 kre Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@ -2348,14 +2348,19 @@ The current line number in the script or function.
The name of a mail file, that will be checked for the arrival of new mail.
Overridden by
.Ev MAILPATH .
.It Ev MAILCHECK
The frequency in seconds that the shell checks for the arrival of mail
in the files specified by the
.Ev MAILPATH
or the
.Ev MAIL
file.
If set to 0, the check will occur at each prompt.
The check occurs just before PS1 is written,
immediately after reporting jobs which have changed status,
in interactive shells only.
New mail is considered to have arrived if the monitored file
has increased in size since the last check.
.\" .It Ev MAILCHECK
.\" The frequency in seconds that the shell checks for the arrival of mail
.\" in the files specified by the
.\" .Ev MAILPATH
.\" or the
.\" .Ev MAIL
.\" file.
.\" If set to 0, the check will occur at each prompt.
.It Ev MAILPATH
A colon
.Dq \&: