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COOLMAIL(1)		    General Commands Manual		   COOLMAIL(1)

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.

       -vol n  Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for  the	system
	       beep. 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.

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

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)

Coolmail			      1.3			   COOLMAIL(1)

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