NAME

       coolmail - 3D animated mail notificaion utility

SYNOPSIS

       coolmail [option ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Coolmail  is a mail notification utility with 3D animated graphics.  Coolmail watches your inbox and lets
       you know when you have mail.  Clicking on coolmail can launch your mail reading/writing  utility.   While
       your  mail  utility  is  open,  clicking  on  coolmail will cause it to check your inbox at that instant,
       without waiting for the next regular interval.

OPTIONS

       -e command
               Use the specified command to launch your mail utility.  Command is a string,  and  should  be  in
               quotes if it contains spaces.

       -f filename
               Watch filename, instead of the default mail inbox file.

       -fr n   Set  the  number  of  frames  to  generate  for  each  animation  to n.  Set this to an suit your
               preference and your machine's graphics performance.  The default is 15.

       -h      Print some help then exit.

       -int n | -update n
               Check your mail inbox at n-second intervals.  The default is 30 seconds.

       -mono   Run in monochrome mode.

       -once   Ring bell when new mail is first detected, but not when more new mail is detected.

       -af filename
               Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.

       -vol n  Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the system beep and the sound  file.  The
               default is 50.

       -v      Print version and inbox path.

               Coolmail also accepts the standard X Toolkit options, such as -geometry, etc.

EXAMPLES

       coolmail -e "emacs -f rmail" -int 20
               Tells coolmail to check the inbox every 20 seconds, and launch the shell command, emacs -f rmail,
               when the user clicks on coolmail.

X DEFAULTS

       This program understands the core resource names and classes as well as:

       frameCount (class FrameCount)
               Specifies the number of frames to be generated per animation.

       inbox (class Inbox)
               Specifies the mail inbox that coolmail will watch.

       mailCommand (class MailCommand)
               Specifies the command that should be launched to read and write mail.

       monochrome (class Monochrome)
               A Boolean value that enables monochrome mode when true.

       soundFile (class  SoundFile)
               Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.

       volume (class  Volume)
               Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the system beep and the sound file.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1994

       by Byron C. Darrah (darrah@kaiwan.com)

AUTHORS

       Byron C. Darrah (darrah@kaiwan.com) Sound support added by Randall K. Sharpe (rsharpe@ncsa.uiuc.edu)

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xrdb(1)