Re: wmmail problems

[glhenni@cs.sandia.gov (Gary L. Hennigan)]

Nuno Carvalho <nemanuel@student.dei.uc.pt> writes:
| On 8 Dec 1998, Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
| 
| > Is anyone else using wmmail with WindowMaker under slink? I'm having
| > problems getting the NewMailExecute configuration option to function
| > properly. In my ~/.wmmailrc file I have the following line:
| > 
| > NewMailExecute "cat /home/glhenni/lib/sounds/ugotmail.au > /dev/audio &"
| 
|  I already had such "problem". I'd used play command instead of cat.
| 
|  NewMailExecute "play /home/glhenni/lib/sounds/ugotmail.au  &"
| 
|  I'm not sure if you have to specify the device name !!

Works like a charm! I had some trouble locating the package containing
the "play" command (sox I think it was) but it's much better than
xanim.

Thanks!
Gary