On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Tommy Moore wrote: > Hey guys. You guys know of a way to have the system play you a sound when > new mail comes in? > Here is part of my .procmailrc: :0 c * ^To:.*mgorse * !^To:.*, |cat youvegotmail.au >/dev/audio youvegotmail.au is a sound file that I downloaded a while ago from sunsite's archive. This way it only plays the sound when I get mail addressed to me and not to anyone else (ie, not for messages from mailing lists). Or you could use biff, which will beep at you and give you a blurb on any consoles where you have it set on.
