Alert for new mail

xchanyazy · 04-23-2002, 10:58 AM

Hello,
I have fetchmail set up to download mail to my computer, and am using mutt to peruse it once it has been downloaded. This is giving me much less grief than Entourage and mail.app, however I would like some sort of audible notice that there is new mail waiting for me when I am sitting at my computer. I was thinking maybe using cron/anacron to check every 5 minutes, but I wasn't sure how the system tells itself there is new mail. I know when I open a new terminal window, if I have new mail it will say

Code:

Welcome to Darwin!
You have new mail.

, but I usually just keep one terminal window open all the time so this wouldn't help too much.

Thanks for any help!

bakaDeshi · 04-23-2002, 11:28 AM

I think you can just add this

Code:

CHECKMAIL=300

to your .cshrc file or if you do it apple's way in ~/Library/init/tcsh/rc.mine

number is in seconds.

xchanyazy · 04-23-2002, 11:34 AM

I have that in my ~/.fetchmailrc file, that is what actually downloads the mail. I just want the terminal to beep (or say something) if there is new mail...

bakednotfried · 04-23-2002, 05:00 PM

i think biff is what you are looking for. try

Code:

man biff

hope this helps,
mike

xchanyazy · 04-23-2002, 05:03 PM

Excellent, that's just the type of thing I've been looking for. Thanks, Mike.

04-23-2002, 10:58 AM	#1
xchanyazy All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dexter, MI, USA Posts: 704	Alert for new mail Hello, I have fetchmail set up to download mail to my computer, and am using mutt to peruse it once it has been downloaded. This is giving me much less grief than Entourage and mail.app, however I would like some sort of audible notice that there is new mail waiting for me when I am sitting at my computer. I was thinking maybe using cron/anacron to check every 5 minutes, but I wasn't sure how the system tells itself there is new mail. I know when I open a new terminal window, if I have new mail it will say Code: Welcome to Darwin! You have new mail. , but I usually just keep one terminal window open all the time so this wouldn't help too much. Thanks for any help! __________________ - Greg Happy user of OS X since the Public Beta. Help Team Mac OS X cure cancer, Alzheimer's, ALS, Parkinson's, and more!

04-23-2002, 11:28 AM	#2
bakaDeshi Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Restaurant at the End of the Universe Posts: 171	I think you can just add this Code: CHECKMAIL=300 to your .cshrc file or if you do it apple's way in ~/Library/init/tcsh/rc.mine number is in seconds. __________________ —bakaDeshi Caution! Mac User at the Command Line.

04-23-2002, 11:34 AM	#3
xchanyazy All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dexter, MI, USA Posts: 704	I have that in my ~/.fetchmailrc file, that is what actually downloads the mail. I just want the terminal to beep (or say something) if there is new mail... __________________ - Greg Happy user of OS X since the Public Beta. Help Team Mac OS X cure cancer, Alzheimer's, ALS, Parkinson's, and more!

04-23-2002, 05:00 PM	#4
bakednotfried Prospect Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: fort collins, co Posts: 31	biff i think biff is what you are looking for. try Code: man biff hope this helps, mike __________________ -- mike cullerton

04-23-2002, 05:03 PM	#5
xchanyazy All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dexter, MI, USA Posts: 704	Excellent, that's just the type of thing I've been looking for. Thanks, Mike. __________________ - Greg Happy user of OS X since the Public Beta. Help Team Mac OS X cure cancer, Alzheimer's, ALS, Parkinson's, and more!

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