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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: A simple mail notifier hybrid application
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- Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- References: <1992Nov5.154441.24439@bilpin.co.uk> <1992Nov5.224949.26290@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 13:43:35 GMT
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- gpb@gpb-mac. (greg berryman ) writes:
-
- >pd@bilpin.co.uk (Paul Davison) writes:
- >:
- >: 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.
- >:
- >: Comments and suggestions welcome!
- >:
- >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.
-
- Agreed!
-
- One small nit-picky point. I looked at the code for just a smidge,
- but it looks like it depends on a change in 'stat' of the user's mailbox
- (/usr/mail) to see if new mail has been rec'd. This is great. But, what
- if mail exists there that you haven't read when you startup? Not doesn't
- (I think) notify you.
-
- Maybe it would be better to, at startup, get the 'stat'. If non-zero,
- the Notify.
-
- Whatcha think?
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