On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 04:26:55PM -0500, Rob Mahurin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 01:43:09PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 12:32:52PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Rob Mahurin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Question: I would like to have an xbiff-type mail alert on my > > > > desktop, but I read my mail off of a remote server. Is there an easy > > > > > > ssh remote.server.com xbiff > > > > I can think of many, many scenarios in which this will not work. > > > > It presumes the user has a Unix shell account on the remote host. > > It presumes the remote host has the xbiff program available. > > > > Both of these happen to be accurate in this case; I think I said in my > original question that my other option was some kind of a telnet > script. But do you have a more general solution? >
Take a look at wmmail. Its built for Window Maker, but it doesn't require Window Maker. Its like xbiff, but it also lets you run a command evrytime it polls for mail. So you could have it run fetchmail before it checked for mail. -- Jim Crumley | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Work: 612 624-6804 or -0378 |
