--- bsd-games-2.17/countmail/countmail.orig
+++ bsd-games-2.17/countmail/countmail
@@ -39,27 +39,7 @@
 
 # Count the messages in your mailbox, using only POSIX shell builtins.
 #
-# Caveats:
-#
-# The read loop is horrendously slow on every implementation I've
-# tried.  I suggest using from(1) and wc(1) instead, though these are
-# not shell builtins.
-
-# for krb.
-#set -- `from -t`
-#v=$3
-set -- `from | wc -l`
-v=$1
-#v=`from | wc -l`
-
-#v=0
-#exec 0</var/mail/$USER
-#while read line; do
-#  case "$line" in
-#    "From "*) v=$(($v + 1)) ;;
-#  esac
-#done
-#exec 0<&-
+v=$(grep -c "^From " /var/mail/$USER)
 
 set --
 g=0