[ANNOUNCE] xbiff 1.0.2
Alan Coopersmith
Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Thu Dec 17 09:30:23 PST 2009
Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> xbiff provides graphical notification of new e-mail.
> It only handles mail stored in a filesystem accessible file,
> not via IMAP, POP or other remote access protocols.
Also, it checks for new mail by firing a timer every so often
to stat() the mail file. If anyone still used xbiff and cared
about performance/battery life/etc., then they could provide us
patches to use a better file monitoring API (fam/gamin/etc.).
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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