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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.  Cool-
     mail 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 perfor-
	     mance.  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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