[wplug] mail alert popups

[Bob Schmertz]

Sounds like xmessage (part of the X distribution) might do what you 
need.  There's also a gtkmessage or something like that, I believe, and 
no doubt a KDE equivalent, for something not quite so ugly as X's Athena 
widget set.

Eric Fierke incurred the wrath of Bob on Sep 16, by saying

>actually, if there's a command line 'send' for jabber or any of the other
>IM protocols out there, that would work fine, I think.  but, to the best
>of my knowledge, all the IM programs out there are interactive-only.
>
>
>Eric
>
>
>On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Jonathan S. Billings wrote:
>
>> I actually use zephyr when I'm at work, but I started writing a Jabber
>> notification tool that does this very thing.  It basically takes a
>> couple lines from the top of the email, filters out any text that was
>> in a reply (after a >), and sends it to my jabber identiity.  That way,
>> anywhere I'm subscribed to Jabber service, I see when i get new mail.
>> I was thinking of writing a custom client that subscribes to Jabber and
>> displays the notification too, since gaim is kind of annoying.
>>
>> The nice thing about the Jabber service is it is XML-centric, so
>> encapsulating data is a breeze, and there are APIs for the service in
>> nearly every language.
>>
>> Of course, this probably doesn't help you find a tool, but at least you
>> know what I have in mind in building my own.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, Sep 16, 2003, at 10:10 America/New_York, Eric Fierke wrote:
>>
>> > This should be simple, but I just haven't found the right tool yet.
>> > There
>> > are a thousand applets out there that will alert you if you have  you
>> > when
>> > mail comes into /var/spool/mail.  I'm looking for a quick program that
>> > I
>> > can launch from procmail that will tell me when procmail sends a
>> > message
>> > to certain folders.  it doesn't even have to be specifically a mail
>> > alert
>> > program, just a program that can take a string of text and pop it up in
>> > the middle of my monitor in a window.  sounds annoying?  no, not
>> > really -
>> > I get several THOUSAND emails per day at work.  the vast majority I can
>> > ignore, but can't delete.  but when an important one comes in, its
>> > nice to
>> > know.
>> >
>> > Suggestions?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Eric
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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