Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 12/09/02 21:43, Jody Replied As Follows:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>
>>I've tried editing my prefs.js file with that and it doesn't work. I
>>added it at the end of the file. Does it need to be somewhere else?
>>
>>Jody
>>
>>Jay Garcia wrote:
>>
>>>On 11/09/02 14:49, Sharon France Replied As Follows:
>>>
>>>--- Original Message ---
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jody wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Alright, the mail notifier is back somewhat in NS7. But I have some
>>>>>questions about it.
>>>>>
>>>>>1) I have Quick Launch enabled but it won't notify me I have new mail
>>>>>until I start Messenger. Is there a setting for it to notify me when
>>>>>the computer starts up.?
>>>>>
>>>>>2) After it does notify me a box slides up for a couple of seconds and
>>>>>disappears again. If I still have Messenger open then a new icon will
>>>>>appear in the sys tray telling me I have mail but if Messenger is not
>>>>>open then the box slides up but no icon is left in the tray. I need to
>>>>>be able to change the amount of time the notifier is up or keep the icon
>>>>>in the tray even when Messenger is not running. Is there a setting for
>>>>>it anywhere?
>>>>>
>>>>>3. In NS6 there was a prefs.js file. I can't find that file in NS7.
>>>>>Has it been renamed or moved somewhere else?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for the help.
>>>>>Jody
>>>>
>>>>I'm told that in NS7 the mail notifier will only work if Messenger is
>>>>open or minimized. Unfortunately, even if it is open the notifier only
>>>>stays up a short time as you mentioned, which to me is a big flaw. If
>>>>you don't notice it right away you're out of luck. I ended up going back
>>>>to 4.79 until some of the flaws in mail and newsgroups are fixed. I
>>>>especially missed the fact that newsgroups in 7.0 doesn't support kill
>>>>files.
>>>>
>>>>Sharon
>>>
>>>
>>>You may find this of use, edit and add to your prefs.js or user.js file:
>>>
>>>// pref to control the alert notification
>>>pref("alerts.slideIncrement", 1);
>>>pref("alerts.slideIncrementTime", 10); // time in seconds
>>>pref("alerts.totalOpenTime", 4000); // time in seconds
>>>pref("alerts.height", 60); // height in pixels
>>>
>>
>
> What do you mean "it doesn't work" ?? What happens or doesn't happen?
> And btw the 4000 time increment is milliseconds, not "seconds", oops ..
>
OK, I've tried changing the file to look like this:
// pref to control the alert notification
>> pref("alerts.slideIncrement", 1);
>> pref("alerts.slideIncrementTime", 10); // time in seconds
>> pref("alerts.totalOpenTime", 40000); // time in seconds
>> pref("alerts.height", 60); // height in pixels
Then when I start Mail and Newsgroups I get this error message:
Configuration Warning
An error occurred reading the startup configuration file. Please
contact your administrator.
Line 231: Syntax Error. >> ("alerts.slideincrement", 1);
I put that in prefs.js and created a user.js file and both times I got
the same error.
I appreciate all the help Jay,
Thanks,
Jody
