home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!purdue!yuma!millerje
- From: millerje@CS.ColoState.EDU (Jeff Miller)
- Subject: Re: Pmail "biff" program
- Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account)
- Message-ID: <Jan08.175618.15814@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:56:18 GMT
- Nntp-Posting-Host: mozart.cs.colostate.edu
- Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department
- Lines: 19
-
- In article <gl.5@ypedhs> gl@ypedhs (Geir Åge Leirvik) writes:
- >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.
-
- I believe this is a function of CHARON, not PMAIL. Double check your gateway.
- If you're using CHARON, there is a switch (in CHARON.DAT) called NOTIFY (or
- the like). This is what sends the reply. I don't believe PMAIL has this
- capability.
-
- --
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- | |
- | "Nuke the unborn gay whales!" | millerje@cs.colostate.edu | Jeff Miller |
- |_____________________________________________________________________________|
-