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COOLMAIL

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 1.3
Index

NAME

coolmail - 3D animated mail notificaion utility

SYNOPSIS

coolmail[option ...]

DESCRIPTION

Coolmail is a mail notification utility with 3D animated graphics. Coolmailwatches your inbox and lets you know when you have mail. Clicking on coolmailcan launch your mail reading/writing utility. While your mail utility isopen, clicking on coolmail will cause it to check your inbox at that instant,without waiting for the next regular interval.

OPTIONS

-e command: Use the specified command to launch your mail utility. Command is a string,and should be in quotes if it contains spaces.
-f filename: Watch filename, instead of the default mail inbox file.
-fr n: Set the number of frames to generate for each animation to n. Set this toan suit your preference and your machine's graphics performance. The defaultis 15.
-h: Print some help then exit.
-int n | -update n: Check your mail inbox at n-second intervals. The default is 30 seconds.
-mono: Run in monochrome mode.
-once: Ring bell when new mail is first detected, but not when more new mail isdetected.
-af filename: Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.
-vol n: Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the systembeep and the sound file. The default is 50.
-v: Print version and inbox path.
Coolmailalso accepts the standard X Toolkit options, such as -geometry, etc.

EXAMPLES

coolmail -e "emacs -f rmail" -int 20: Tells coolmail to check the inbox every 20 seconds, and launch the shellcommand, emacs -f rmail, when the user clicks on coolmail.

X DEFAULTS

This program understands the core resource names and classes as well as:

frameCount (class FrameCount): Specifies the number of frames to be generated per animation.
inbox (class Inbox): Specifies the mail inbox that coolmail will watch.
mailCommand (class MailCommand): Specifies the command that should be launched to read and write mail.
monochrome (class Monochrome): A Boolean value that enables monochrome mode when true.
soundFile (class SoundFile): Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.
volume (class Volume): Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the systembeep and the sound file.

COPYRIGHT

by Byron C. Darrah (darrahAATTkaiwan.com)

AUTHORS

Byron C. Darrah (darrahAATTkaiwan.com)Sound support added by Randall K. Sharpe (rsharpeAATTncsa.uiuc.edu)

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