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NAME

       coolmail - 3D animated mail notificaion utility

SYNOPSIS

       coolmail [option ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Coolmail  is  a  mail  notification  utility with 3D animated graphics.
       Coolmail watches your inbox and lets  you  know  when  you  have  mail.
       Clicking  on  coolmail  can  launch  your mail reading/writing utility.
       While your mail utility is open, clicking on coolmail will cause it  to
       check  your inbox at that instant, without waiting for the next regular
       interval.

OPTIONS

       -e command
               Use the specified command to launch your mail utility.  Command
               is a string, and should be in quotes if it contains spaces.

       -f filename
               Watch filename, instead of the default mail inbox file.

       -fr n   Set  the  number of frames to generate for each animation to n.
               Set this to an suit your preference and your machine’s graphics
               performance.  The default is 15.

       -h      Print some help then exit.

       -int n | -update n
               Check your mail inbox at n-second intervals.  The default is 30
               seconds.

       -mono   Run in monochrome mode.

       -once   Ring bell when new mail is first detected, but  not  when  more
               new mail is detected.

       -af filename
               Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system
               beep.

       -vol n  Value between 0 and 100 for the volume  setting  for  both  the
               system beep and the sound file. The default is 50.

       -v      Print version and inbox path.

               Coolmail  also  accepts the standard X Toolkit options, such as
               -geometry, etc.

EXAMPLES

       coolmail -e "emacs -f rmail" -int 20
               Tells coolmail to check the inbox every 20 seconds, and  launch
               the  shell  command,  emacs  -f  rmail, when the user clicks on
               coolmail.

X DEFAULTS

       This program understands the core resource names and  classes  as  well
       as:

       frameCount (class FrameCount)
               Specifies the number of frames to be generated per animation.

       inbox (class Inbox)
               Specifies the mail inbox that coolmail will watch.

       mailCommand (class MailCommand)
               Specifies the command that should be launched to read and write
               mail.

       monochrome (class Monochrome)
               A Boolean value that enables monochrome mode when true.

       soundFile (class  SoundFile)
               Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system
               beep.

       volume (class  Volume)
               Value  between  0  and  100 for the volume setting for both the
               system beep and the sound file.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1994

       by Byron C. Darrah (darrah@kaiwan.com)

AUTHORS

       Byron C. Darrah (darrah@kaiwan.com) Sound support added by  Randall  K.
       Sharpe (rsharpe@ncsa.uiuc.edu)

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xrdb(1)