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Date:      Wed, 16 Sep 1998 22:31:46 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
To:        Peter Whybrow <peterw@angaspark.com.au>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: email notification
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.980916222838.3747B-100000@tundra.winternet.com>
In-Reply-To: <01BDE233.1271CFA0@peter>

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> Does anyone know of an email notification program that will work accross
> a network? ie the mail arrives on the BSD box and the notifyer messages
> to someone using a DG box? 

What I usually do is run xhost +<system_name> (only on a secure network)
on my X terminal.  Then on the remote machine (BSD box in your case) run
xbiff -display <system_name>:0.0 &  Each time new mail arrives the flag on
the mailbox icon goes up. :)

Good Luck,

Nathan


Nathan Ahlstrom
nrahlstr@winternet.com
Run FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/


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