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OT: intranet popups



folks,
ipppd/isdnlog is very capable of callerid, and i wrote a script to
notify the workstations on our intranet of incoming calls. most of the
workstations used to be windoze, so i used smbclient to write to
winpopup, but as time goes by, users grow smarter and debian is slowly
replacing all windoze machines.

now i am looking for a way to push a notification onto a user's desktop.
the simplest server i can come up with:

  while true; do xmessage "`nc -l -p 12345`"; done

this is an invitation of DoS attacks, but this is the LAN, so i don't
really care. however, xmessage is butt-ugly. but i won't use linpopup
and the SMB protocol underneath, pardon me.

is there anything you can think of that will accomplish this job? it has
to be quick and no resource hog.

suggestions?

-- 
martin;              (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
  \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck
  
your fly might be open (but don't check it just now).

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