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- This directory contains:
- mailchk.c
- mailcall.hqx
- and this readme file.
-
- Mailchk and MailCall were written by Chris McNeil (cjm@unb.ca).
-
- Mailchk is a udp based unix daemon that works with Mac POPmail II (version
- 2.02a or later) and MailCall. MailCall is a small (70k RAM) background
- only-application that queries the Mailchk daemon every 4 minutes to ask
- if new mail has arrived. If there is any new mail, MailCall will
- rotate the Apple icon with a small envelope icon using Notification
- Manager until the Mac user fetches the mail using POPmail.
-
- You can only (currently) use MailCall and mailchk if your mail server
- is a unix machine. You cannot use it with MailStop servers.
-
- 1. Open mailchk.c and edit the line:
-
- char *MAILCK ="/bin/grep -c '^From ' /usr/mail/.
-
- so that the path of grep and the mail spool directories are correct for
- your machine.
-
- 2. To install mailchk, make mailchk and move it to /usr/local/etc/ or some
- other convenient location. Put the following line in /etc/services file
- mailchk 2371/udp
-
- Put a line similar to the following in /etc/inetd.conf file
- mailchk dgram udp wait root /usr/local/etc/mailchk
-
- 3. Then restart inetd by kill -1 process id
-
-
- 4. Using MailCall.
- Start up POPmail and fetch your mail. This will create a settings file
- for MailCall to use when checking for mail.
-
- For System 6 (with MultiFinder) users, place the MailCall application
- somewhere on your hard disk. Select it and make it the startup
- application (Set Startup menu item under Special menu).
-
- For System 7, drop the MailCall application into the Startup Items
- folder within the System Folder.
-
- In either case, restart your Mac to get MailCall going.
-
- Thats all.
- Chris McNeil
- cjm@jupiter.csd.unb.ca
-
- Bugs to cjm@unb.ca and to popmail@boombox.micro.umn.edu
-