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From: lawrence@epps.kodak.com (Scott Lawrence)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: xbiff with automagic-incing
Keywords: xbiff mh slocal mailnotice notice
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Date: 30 Oct 90 14:34:10 GMT
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In article <72800001@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, mark@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> Anyone out there care to share with me how you would use xbiff to
> monitor ~/mail/mh/1, to consider it true?  If the file dne, my xbiff
> breaks down and never shows up (I guess it wants a file of length 0??)
> 

I have the following in my .maildelivery:

default - | A /usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore
* - | R /usr/local/lib/mh/mailnotice

the first causes the auto-inc, of course; the second line triggers my
mail notification script, which is appended below.  It sends a zephyr
notice and adds a line to a .biff file in my home directory (and at the
same time removes any from previous days to keep the file from growing
forever).  Then I use "xbiff -file .biff".

mailnotice:

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script expects stdin to be a mail message
#
# Send a zephyr notice Class: MAIL Instance: MH Destination: $USER
#
awk '/From:/ {print}; /Subject:/ {print} /^$/ {exit}' - | /usr/local/bin/zwrite -n -s "" -c MAIL -i MH $USER 
#
# If a .biff file exists, add a line to it; 
# this can be used by: xbiff -file .biff
# to change the state of the biff icon
#
# All the fancy stuff with the date is intended to keep the file from
# growing without limit - the date is added to the file, and then any
# dates not todays date are removed.
#
if [ -f $HOME/.biff ]; then
        date +%y%m%d%t%T | cat $HOME/.biff - | \
        awk '$1==TODAY {print}' TODAY=`date +%y%m%d` > $HOME/.biff
fi
exit 0

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Scott Lawrence
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Scott Lawrence
Internet: <lawrence@epps.kodak.com>   Voice: 508-670-4023  Fax: 508-670-4033
Electronic Pre-Press Systems; 165 Lexington St. 400/165L; Billerica MA 01821