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- From: gpb@gpb-mac. (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: A simple mail notifier hybrid application
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.224949.26290@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- References: <1992Nov5.154441.24439@bilpin.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:49:49 GMT
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- pd@bilpin.co.uk (Paul Davison) writes:
- :
- : I thought some of you would be interested in this. I wrote the enclosed
- : program as an experiment with hybrid applications, having never written
- : Mac-style applications before (I come from a straight UNIX background)
- : and wanting to get to grips with MPW. It was published on the UK DTS
- : sample code floppy that was distributed to UK developers recently.
- :
- : This is a *really simple* application that you can throw into your
- : "Startup Items" Folder. It then sits watching your UNIX mailbox and uses
- : the Mac notification manager to let you know when mail arrives. It
- : attempts to work out when you've read the mail by checking things such
- : as the access dates on the file, and its size.
- :
- : Some of the code was written with the help of TESample.
- :
- : Comments and suggestions welcome!
- :
- : Paul Davison.
- :
- : ---
- :
- : This has to be run through uudecode, uncompress and tar (in that order).
- :
- Here is a comment: IT'S WONDERFULL!! Seriously, I followed the instructions
- above and double-clicked it. It launched with no delay. No questions, no
- configuration, no pain. I sent some mail to myself and saw a nice icon
- flashing over the apple. It would seem that the KISS principle works.
-
- Thanks very much for a very handy app.
-
-