Re: FVWM: Netscape Mail

From: Peter S Galbraith <galbraith_at_mixing.qc.dfo.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:30:25 -0500

fractture wrote:

> A.J.vanWerven wrote:
>
> > > What can I do to have an alarm when I receive a mail?
> >
> > You could of course use a utility program...it's often called
> > "mailbox" or something alike.
> > If you feel like, have it swallowed by some button...:)
> >
> > It's also possible to have a sound played when you receive new mail, but I
> > don't know by heart how to do that...
> >
> > CIAO di Al Grandi.
> >
>
> I would like to do this, if anyone knows how let me know.

xbuffy is much nicer than xbiff
 - multiple mailboxes,
 - can play sound when you get mail,
 - flashes the `from' and `subject' lines when you get newmail
   or when you click on a mailbox,
 - displays a message counter for each watched mailbox

ftp://tigger.itc.virginia.edu/pub/src/xbuffy3.3.tar.gz

I've use the command:

xbuffy -acmd "/usr/X11R6/bin/auplay /usr/lib/tkdesk/sounds/newmail.au" \
 -poll 10 -header 10 \
 -command "gnudoit -q '(progn (raise-frame)(mh-rmail)(deactivate-mark))'" \
 /var/spool/mail/rhogee

Now I use a more complicate ~/.xbuffy file to handle multiple mailboxes.
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