Re: [LIH] Fetchmail

[Binand Raj S.]

SEN forced the electrons to say:
> Can I have my fetchmail running in the bkground
> while being connected , inform me by playing a sound that
> I've some mail ?

This is not fetchmail (or any other program's job).

Enable comsat in /etc/inetd.conf, and then put biff -y in your startup script
(.bash_profile, for bash). Read the man pages for comsat and biff for more
details.

Binand

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--------------- Binand Raj S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])


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