Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> xbiff provides graphical notification of new e-mail.
> It only handles mail stored in a filesystem accessible file,
> not via IMAP, POP or other remote access protocols.
Also, it checks for new mail by firing a timer every so often
to stat() the mail file. If anyone still used xbiff and cared
about performance/battery life/etc., then they could provide us
patches to use a better file monitoring API (fam/gamin/etc.).
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-Alan Coopersmith- [email protected]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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