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COOLMAIL(1) COOLMAIL(1)
NAME
coolmail - 3D animated mail notificaion utility
SYNOPSIS
coolmail [option ...]
DESCRIPTION
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
-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 to an suit your preference and your machine's graphics
performance. The default is 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 is detected.
-vol n Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for the system
beep. The default is 50.
-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
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)
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.
volume (class Volume)
Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for the system
beep.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1994
by Byron C. Darrah (darrah@kaiwan.com)
AUTHORS
Byron C. Darrah (darrah@kaiwan.com) Sound support added by Randall K.
Sharpe (rsharpe@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
SEE ALSO
X(1), xrdb(1)
Coolmail 1.3 COOLMAIL(1)
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