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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Ray wrote:
"mf" == Malcolm Florence <malcolm(_at_)pnp(_dot_)co(_dot_)za> writes:
mf> Is there anyway that procmail can alert me when new mail arrives ... for
mf> example : is there anyway that I can open another screen using xdialog
mf> with a message "New Mail" whenever I get any new mail. At the moment, I
mf> am using pine and pine display the words "New Mail" whenever I get new
mf> mail. This is very handy indeed, but procmail bypasses pine. However, I
mf> cannot find anyway of doing something like this for procmail. The README
mf> file of procmail suggests that something like this is possible. The
mf> README file, amongst other things, states :
I find Xbuffy a very nice alternative to xbiff for this job since it
can handle news and mail and is configurable.
Check it out at: ftp://tigger.itc.virginia.edu/pub/src/
Example for .boxfile for Xbuffy:
box /home/ray/Mail/procmail.mbox
title procmail
audio /usr/bin/play /home/ray/.message.wav
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