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From: macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Mailbox on my Mac...
Message-ID: <1990Dec28.051921.13129@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 28 Dec 90 05:19:21 GMT
Sender: macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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This is a hypothetical situation.... say I have two Macs connected via
Appletalk. Mac "A" has a folder that may contain files in it, mostly text
files, but perhaps regular binary files as well.

On Mac "B", I want to treat that folder on Mac "A" as a mailbox. Thus, if
a new text file is placed into the folder in Mac "A", Mac "B" will beep, or
flash the menubar, some way of notifying me that there is a new item in my
"mailbox." Using a program or DA, I can easily read the text file, and
copy the binary files to my hard drive.

Is there an easy way to do this? I guess the easiest would be to simply
mount the folde using TOPS or other similar utility, and use a plain text
editor to read the files. But In addition, I want the DA convenience, and
the automatic notification when something new "appears" in that folder...

Ideas, i'm looking for ideas....

Thanks!
 
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