coolmail1
3d animated mail notificaion utility
Usage
coolmail [option ...]
Overview
Coolmail is a mail notification utility with 3D animated graphics. Coolmail watches your inbox and lets you know when you have mail. Clicking on coolmail can launch your mail reading/writing utility. While your mail utility is open, clicking on coolmail will cause it to check your inbox at that instant, without waiting for the next regular interval.
Options
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-e command -
Use the specified command to launch your mail utility. Command is a string, and should be in quotes if it contains spaces.
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-f filename -
Watch filename, instead of the default mail inbox file.
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-fr n -
Set the number of frames to generate for each animation to n. Set this to an suit your preference and your machine's graphics performance. The default is 15.
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-h -
Print some help then exit.
- -int n | -update n
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Check your mail inbox at n-second intervals. The default is 30 seconds.
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-mono -
Run in monochrome mode.
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-once -
Ring bell when new mail is first detected, but not when more new mail is detected.
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-af filename -
Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.
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-vol n -
Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the system beep and the sound file. The default is 50.
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-v -
Print version and inbox path.
Coolmail also accepts the standard X Toolkit options, such as -geometry, etc.
Examples
- coolmail -e "emacs -f rmail" -int 20
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Tells coolmail to check the inbox every 20 seconds, and launch the shell command, 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)
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Specifies the number of frames to be generated per animation.
- inbox (class Inbox)
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Specifies the mail inbox that coolmail will watch.
- mailCommand (class MailCommand)
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Specifies the command that should be launched to read and write mail.
- monochrome (class Monochrome)
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A Boolean value that enables monochrome mode when true.
- soundFile (class SoundFile)
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Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.
- volume (class Volume)
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Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the system beep and the sound file.