Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!rehder.larc.nasa.gov!smd From: smd@rehder.larc.nasa.gov (Steve Dahmen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Biff Message-ID: <1991Jan15.151932.25461@news.larc.nasa.gov> Date: 15 Jan 91 15:19:32 GMT References: <9101141208.AA29417@aero4.larc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA Lines: 21 srp@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) wrote in "Biff": >blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") writes: >> You could try xbiff or mailbox. I use mailbox. Of course both >>require you to be on the graphics console. > >I have a version of NeWSbiff (originally written for Sun NeWS) I wrote my own that works on regular old terminals, using termcap. It puts a message telling you who the new mail (as well as any unread messages) is from in the lower right hand corner of your screen... in highlighted text if your terminal can do it. You start it up in your .login and it kills itself when you log out. Written in bourne shell and C. Not the most elegant approach, but it does work. -- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Steve Dahmen, Systems Analyst (804) 864-4519 (W) M/S 365, NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23665 smd@rehder.larc.nasa.gov