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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:27:32 +0200
From: Danny <dannydebont(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
Subject: Playing a sound
Hi guys,
Is it possible to play a soundfile when procmail encounters mail from a
certain
e-mail address?
Yes, procmail is -capable- of doing it. To wit;
:0 c:
* ^From:.*${ADDRESS}
| ${PLAYSOUND}
However _system_ restrictions may prohibit it. e.g. system-enforced access
controls may allow only the user logged in on the 'console' to access the
audio device.
More than two decades ago, in a _production_ business environment, I
deployed a routine on user workstations that submitted a job to a remote
mainframe. when the 'completion status' mail came back one of two sound-
effects would play, depending on whether the job completed sucessfully or
failed. Picked from the 'standard' samples that came with the O/S release,
they were a 'gong' for a successful run, and a 'toilet flushing' for the
other case. One day, a new user got the submitted data wrong for something
like 20 consecutive attempts. When he -finally- got the 'gong', he got a
round of applause from everybody within earshot. *GRIN*
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