Motd doesn't show up

Seems I worked it out. My motd not showing up must have been due to the fact that I had touched/added an empty file in my home directory called .hushlogin, which actually supresses any login messages (seems it doesn't just kill motd but any other login messages as well, as I understand it). At any rate, my problem is somehow solved and chances are I forgot to delete that .hushlogin file.