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- From: gl@ypedhs (Geir Åge Leirvik)
- Subject: Re: Pmail "biff" program
- Message-ID: <gl.5@ypedhs>
- Keywords: xbiff biff mail notification Pegasus pmail
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- References: <1h7j86INN6at@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:04:42 GMT
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- In article <1h7j86INN6at@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> larsen@OES.ORST.EDU (Scott Larsen) writes:
- >Does anyone know if there is a TSR that will beep at you if you get new
- >mail? We are using Pegasus mail (pmail) with charon, but I think it could
- >be a generic program that monitors sys:mail.
-
- >I'm thinking along the lines of the "C" shell for unix, where it checks to
- >see if /usr/spool/mail has been modified, and if so, spits out a line saying
- >"You have new mail".
-
- >Also, a program similar to "xbiff" for X windows would be awesome for
- >Microsoft Windows. You know, a little icon that changes color and beeps
- >when new mail arrives! :)
-
- >Anybody seen anything like this?
-
-
-
- >Scott Larsen
- >larsen@oes.orst.edu UUCP: hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!larsen
- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >"When they were supposed to ram us with the guns, they either swam
- > away or put their snouts on our shoulders, very affectionately.
- > They were the worst at taking orders."
- > - Richard Trout, former mammal trainer for the U.S. Navy,
- > on attempts to train dolphins to perform underwater
- > guard duty with snout-mounted .45-caliber guns.
-
- It is possible to configure pmail to notify users of any new mail. I'm using
- it. Whenever I get mail I hear a beep, then in windows the Broadcast Message
- dialog box appears to inform. There is new mail for user:GEIR. (only on the
- workstations where I' m logged in. In dos I get an ordinary broadcast msg.
- at the bottom of the screen.
-
- No extra software needed.
-
- Geir
- gl@ypedhs.no
-