[wplug] mail alert popups

Eric Fierke lupus at bearwolf.com
Tue Sep 16 11:32:53 EDT 2003


that's exactly what I need :)  thanks.

Eric


On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Bob Schmertz wrote:

> 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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> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >>    Jonathan Billings
> >> billings at negate.org
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> Bob Schmertz
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