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- Well, I haven't had any time during the last couple of weeks to make
- improvements, so here is version 1.0e.
-
-
- MailMan Help
-
- MailMan is an application that provides BIFF support for the
- NeXTstep User.
-
- Why MailMan?
- I wrote MailMan because I needed a utility to tell me if I had Email,
- NeXTmail or both. This need arose from the fact that I use MH to
- normally read email, and Mail.app only for NeXTmail.
-
- When my account receives new email, it processes it with a MH
- mailhook. If it is NeXTmail, the hook redirects it to a spoolfile in my
- Mailboxes directory, otherwise it appends it to my normal mail spool
- file.
-
- Mail Spool Files
- MailMan allows the specification of 2 mail spool files -- one for
- normal Email, and one for NeXTmail. If activated in Preferences,
- these spool files are checked for change every UpdateInterval
- seconds.
-
- Visual Biff
- When you receive Email, the MailMan Application Icon Background
- will alternate between NeXTlightgray and NeXTdarkgrey. NeXTmail
- will cause the Icon Background to alternate between NeXTlightgray
- and NeXTblack.
-
- Audio Biff
- You also have the option of having a sound played when you receive new
- email (normal and NeXT mail)
-
- Future Features
- - Specification of Color for Email/NeXTmail alert
- - Open Panels for Spoolfile and Soundfile selection
- - Smart buttons in Preferences instead of Switches
-
- Suggestions
- I am always open to suggestion on how to make MailMan better/more
- effective. If you have an idea that you would like to share, send Email
- to:
-
- jkight@american.edu
-
- Thanks to the following for their suggestions:
- Ellen Kight
- Mark Feldman