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- From: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: "BIFF" type external program for Waffle under DOS?
- Message-ID: <RcXsXB1w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:20:26 GMT
- Reply-To: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca
- Followup-To: comp.bbs.waffle
- Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
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- Hello:
-
- I would like to add something to Waffle that would inform a user when
- new mail has arrived. I've got people who log in and use the system,
- and if new mail arrives for them on the other node, they don't realize
- it unless they specifically check for it (guess how many of them do).
-
- It would be nice if after every command (FILES, RN, etc., heck, even
- MAIL itself) that a small program would be executed that would cheque
- the password file to see if the user has new mail, and then display
- on the terminal: "Attention: You have unread mail waiting in your
- mailbox. Type MAIL to attend to it." or something to that effect. I
- believe this could be hooked into Waffle by using the "/THEN" command
- in all external programs. I don't know if this is the best solution,
- BTW.
-
- I am running Waffle version 1.65 under MS-DOS, BTW.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
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