Last thing you could use is a nice program called "xbiff". Displays a "US-like" mailbox and raises the flag when a new mail arrives.
Pretty nice, even if the default xbiff alone is a bit ugly. There are nicer displays out there, I know of one for WindowMaker.
HTH
Thierry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Purton [mailto:dcpurton@chariot.net.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:16 AM
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> Cc: bs7452@csc.albany.edu
> Subject: Re: simple language for pop-up messages in X?
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> If you're using Enlightenment, you can use:
>
> eesh -e 'dialog_ok New Mail!'
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> David Purton
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