On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Beber wrote: > So here is my question : Is there a notification driver or something like that > I could start with. Like for example : > > ham_delivery: > driver = appendfile > maildir_format > create_directory > directory = $home/Maildir > delivery_date_add > envelope_to_add > return_path_add > *announce_delivery* > group = mail
The very ancient Unix way of announcing email is called "comsat". It is implemented by a daemon to which the mailer sends a message (using UDP). The daemon then writes "you have mail" to the user's terminal if she/he is logged in. Exim has support for comsat - check the "notify_comsat" option of appendfile. If you were to write a replacement daemon that accepted comsat-style messages, Exim can already support you. Oddly enough, I looked at the comsat code only yesterday and thought "I wonder if anybody uses this any more?" -- Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service Get the Exim 4 book: http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
