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- From: larsen@OES.ORST.EDU (Scott Larsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,bit.listserv.novell
- Subject: Pmail "biff" program
- Keywords: xbiff biff mail notification Pegasus pmail
- Message-ID: <1h7j86INN6at@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:28:38 GMT
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- Organization: Oregon Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or.
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- Does anyone know if there is a TSR that will beep at you if you get new
- mail? We are using Pegasus mail (pmail) with charon, but I think it could
- be a generic program that monitors sys:mail.
-
- I'm thinking along the lines of the "C" shell for unix, where it checks to
- see if /usr/spool/mail has been modified, and if so, spits out a line saying
- "You have new mail".
-
- Also, a program similar to "xbiff" for X windows would be awesome for
- Microsoft Windows. You know, a little icon that changes color and beeps
- when new mail arrives! :)
-
- Anybody seen anything like this?
-
-
-
- Scott Larsen
- larsen@oes.orst.edu UUCP: hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!larsen
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- "When they were supposed to ram us with the guns, they either swam
- away or put their snouts on our shoulders, very affectionately.
- They were the worst at taking orders."
- - Richard Trout, former mammal trainer for the U.S. Navy,
- on attempts to train dolphins to perform underwater
- guard duty with snout-mounted .45-caliber guns.
-