Interesting... Here are some thoughts: Do you manage your own mail server? You could use the "user+" convention, by configuring exim appropriately, to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], then use the .forward file to pipe the message to a script that sends a sound file to /dev/audio.
/home/wife/.forward: # Exim filter if $local_part_suffix is "+alert" then pipe "/home/wife/alert.sh" /home/wife/alert.sh: #!/bin/sh # The incoming message is available on standard input, but you can just # ignore it cat alert.au > /dev/audio This is kind of off the top of my head, so I welcome other comments. I guess if you are using fetchmail and a POP account, you could just filter on a subject line instead of an address suffix. Marc ---------- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 ---------- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> Brian Schramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/05 11:48 AM >>> I would like to set it up so I can send an email or some other message from a machine over the net or locally to another user to tell them to log in a check for messages. I know if they are on I can get their attention but a lot of times I would like to have my wife log in when I send her a message that I need to have her look at right away. The computer is usually in ear shot so the sound card or speeker can be trigured. I would love to have it run by an email address so I can do it from anywere. Any ideas?? Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.linuxexpert.org -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
