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mail-notification(1) [debian man page]

mail-notification(1)													      mail-notification(1)

NAME

       mail-notification -- a mail notification system tray icon

SYNOPSIS

       mail-notification [-?|--help] [--usage] [-i|--enable-info]
	       [-p|--display-properties] [-r|--consider-new-mail-as-read]
	       [-a|--display-about] [-u|--update]
	       [--unset-obsolete-configuration] [--gdk-debug=FLAGS]
	       [--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS] [--display=DISPLAY]
	       [--screen=SCREEN] [--sync] [--name=NAME] [--class=CLASS]
	       [--gtk-debug=FLAGS] [--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS] [--g-fatal-warnings]
	       [--gtk-module=MODULE] [--oaf-ior-fd=FD] [--oaf-private]
	       [--oaf-activate-iid=IID] [--disable-sound] [--enable-sound]
	       [--espeaker=HOST:PORT] [--version] [--sm-client-id=ID]
	       [--sm-config-prefix=PREFIX] [--sm-disable]
	       [--disable-crash-dialog] [--load-modules=MODULE1,MODULE2,...]
	       [--display=DISPLAY] [-s|--print-summary]

DESCRIPTION

       mail-notification  is  a program that sits in your desktop environment's notification area (or say System Tray) and shows mail status icon.
       When there's  no  mail  waiting,  it doesn't show any icon, and the envelope icon appears when some of configured accounts have new   mail.
       Also  it can  automatically  launch the program, specified in Preferences on new mail arrival.

	 mail-notification features include:
		 * multiple mailbox support
		 * mbox, MH, Maildir, Sylpheed, POP3, IMAP, Gmail and Evolution support
		 * SASL authentication support
		 * APOP authentication support
		 * SSL/TLS support (disabled, see README.Debian)
		 * automatic detection of mailbox format
		 * immediate notification (depending on your settings)
		 * HIG 2.0 compliance

OPTIONS

       These  programs	follow	the  usual  GNU  command  line	syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is
       included below.	For a complete description, see the Info files.

       -?	    --help
		 Show summary of options.

       --usage	 Show brief usage message.

       -v	    --version
		 Show version of program.

       -i	    --enable-info
		 Enable informational output.

       -p	    --display-properties
		 Display the properties dialog.

       -a	    --display-about
		 Display the about dialog.

       -u	    --update
		 Update the mail status.

       -r	    --consider-new-mail-as-read
		 Consider new mail as read.

       --unset-obsolete-configuration
		 Unset obsolete GConf configuration.

       --display=DISPLAY
		 X display to use.

       -s	    --print-summary
		 Print a XML mail summary.

EXAMPLES

       To run this application the standard way, type:

       # mail-notification &

       To start directly into the preferences dialog or to access it while mail-notification is running, type:

       # mail-notification -p &

AUTHOR

       mail-notification was written by Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@brutele.be>.

       This manual page was written by Pascal Giard <evilynux@yahoo.com> and LIU Qi <liuqi82@gmail.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system  (but  may
       be  used  by  others).  Great  parts  were directly taken from the manpage written by Dan Korostelev <dan@ats.energo.ru>. Thanks Kai-Martin
       <kmk@familieknaak.de> for the updated information.

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General  Public  License,  Version  2  any
       later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       mail-notification home page
	      http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify

SEE ALSO

       mail (1)

Pascal Giard and LIU Qi 					   July 22, 2009					      mail-notification(1)

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NAME

     biff -- be notified if mail arrives and who it is from

SYNOPSIS

     biff [n | y | b]

DESCRIPTION

     The biff utility informs the system whether you want to be notified on your terminal when mail arrives.

     Affected is the first terminal associated with the standard input, standard output or standard error file descriptor, in that order.  Thus,
     it is possible to use the redirection facilities of a shell to toggle the notification for other terminals than the one biff runs on.

     The following options are available:

     n	     Disable notification.

     y	     Enable header notification.

     b	     Enable bell notification.

     When header notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of the message will be printed on your terminal whenever mail arrives.  A
     ``biff y'' command is often included in the file .login or .profile to be executed at each login.

     When bell notification is enabled, only two bell characters (ASCII 07) will be printed on your terminal whenever mail arrives.

     If no arguments are given, biff displays the present notification status of the terminal to the standard output.

     The biff utility operates asynchronously.	For synchronous notification use the MAIL variable of sh(1) or the mail variable of csh(1).

EXIT STATUS

     The biff utility exits with one of the following values:

     0	     Notification was enabled at the time of invocation.

     1	     Notification was disabled at the time of invocation.

     >1      An error occurred.

COMPATIBILITY

     Previous versions of the biff utility affected the terminal attached to standard error without first trying the standard input or output
     devices.

SEE ALSO

     csh(1), mail(1), sh(1), comsat(8)

HISTORY

     The biff command appeared in 4.0BSD.  It was named after the dog of Heidi Stettner.  He died in August 1993, at 15.

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