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NAME

     newmail,wnewmail - programs to asynchronously notify of  new
     mail



SYNOPSIS
     newmail [-d] [-i interval] [-w] file-spec {file-spec...}
     wnewmail [-d] [-i interval] [-w] file-spec {file-spec...}



DESCRIPTION
     Newmail is a program to allow monitoring of mailboxes in  an
     intelligent fashion.  It is based loosely on biff(1) and the
     version of newmail that was distributed with Elm 1.7.

     The basic operation is that the program will check the  list
     of  specified  mailboxes each interval seconds and will list
     any new mail that has arrived in any of the mailboxes, indi-
     cating the sender name, and the subject of the message.

     Each entry displayed can be in a number of different formats
     depending  on the mode of the program, the number of folders
     being monitored, and the status of the message.   If  you're
     running  it as a window (e.g. ``-w'' or invoked as wnewmail)
     then the output will be similar to:

        sender name - subject of message
        Priority: sender name - subject of message

     where <sender name> is either the name of the person sending
     it, if available (the ARPA 'From:' line) or some other brief
     indication of origin.   If you are the sender, <sender name>
     will  be  replaced by "to <recipient name>".  If there is no
     subject, the message  "<no  subject>"  will  appear  on  the
     screen.

     Folders are indicated by having the folder name appear first
     on the output line, as in:

        folder: sender name - subject of message

     If you're running newmail without the windows  option,  then
     the  output  is more suitable for popping up on an otherwise
     active screen, and will be formatted:

        >> New mail from sender name - subject of message
        >> Priority mail from sender name - subject of message

     Again, with folder names indicated as a prefix.

     The flags available are:

     -d        This will turn on the  debugging,  verbose  output
               mode.   It  is  not  recommended that you use this
               option unless you're interested in actually debug-
               ging the program.

     -i interval
               This will change the frequency  that  the  program
               checks  the  folders to the interval specified, in
               seconds.  The default interval for the program  is
               60  seconds.   Note: if you change the interval to
               less than 10 seconds, the program  will  warn  you
               that it isn't recommended.

     -w        Use of the ``-w'' flag will  simulate  having  the
               program  run  from  within a window (e.g. the more
               succinct output format, and so on).  Most  likely,
               rather than using this option you should be simply
               invoking wnewmail instead.

     File specs are made up of two components,  the  folder  name
     and  the  prefix  string,  the latter of which can always be
     omitted.  The format is foldername=prefixstring, and you can
     specify folders by full name, by simply the name of the user
     whose mailbox should be monitored, or by  the  standard  Elm
     metacharacters to specify your folder directory (e.g. ``+'',
     ``='', or ``%'').

     Folders that cannot be opened due to  permission  mismatches
     will  cause  the program to immediately abort.  On the other
     hand, files that do not exist will continue  to  be  checked
     every  interval  seconds,  so  some care should be exercised
     when invoking the program.

     The program will run until you log out  or  explicitly  kill
     it,  and  can  internally reset itself if any of the folders
     shrink in size and then grow again.

     The default folder to monitor is always your incoming  mail-
     box.



EXAMPLES
     Some example invocations:

          $ newmail

     will check your incoming mailbox every 60 seconds.

          $ newmail  -i  15  joe  root

     will  monitor  the  incoming  mailboxes  for   ``joe''   and
     ``root'', checking every 15 seconds for new mail.

          $ newmail  "mary=Mary"  +postmaster=POBOX

     will monitor the incoming mailbox for user ``mary'', prefix-
     ing all messages with the string ``Mary'', and the folder in
     the users maildir directory called ``postmaster'', prefixing
     all of those messages with ``POBOX''.

     You can also have more complex monitoring too, for example:

          $ newmail  -i  30  $LOGNAME=me  ${LOGNAME}su=myroot   /tmp/mbox

     will check every 30 seconds for the users mailbox, a mailbox
     that  is  the  users  login-name  with ``su'' appended (e.g.
     ``joe'' would become ``joesu'') and the file /tmp/mbox, pre-
     fixing  new  mail  for  each  with  ``me'',  ``myroot''  and
     ``mbox'' respectively.



AUTHOR
     Elm Development Group



SEE ALSO
     notify in sh(1) or csh(1)



BUG REPORTS TO
     Bill Pemberton  flash@virginia.edu



COPYRIGHTS
     Copyright 1988-1995 by The USENET Community Trust
     Derived from Elm 2.0,  Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor









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