NAME
Mailsound - Play sounds when mail arrives
SYNOPSIS
Mailsound [options]
DESCRIPTION
Mailsound is an rplay utility used to play sounds when mail arrives.
Different sounds can be played depending on the contents of mail
message headers. Mailsound configuration is stored in the file
~/.Mailsounds. Each line in this file contains a perl5 regular
expression followed by rplay attributes. See the EXAMPLE section
below.
Mailsound needs to be invoked upon mail arrival. This can be done in
many ways, but most users will probably use either a .forward or
.procmailrc file. With a .forward file, use something like:
\yourusername, |"/usr/local/bin/Mailsound -h soundhostname"
For .procmailrc use:
:0 ic
| /usr/local/bin/Mailsound -h doctor:doit
OPTIONS
--host=hostname[:hostname ...]
Play sounds on the specifed host(s).
--file=filename
Specify an alternate configuration file.
--volume=NUMBER
Default volume for all sounds.
--priority=NUMBER
Default priority for all sounds.
EXAMPLE
## Mailing lists
^(To|Cc):.*ding.* sound=ding.au volume=50
^(To|Cc):.*xpilot.* sound=wheres_the_kaboom.au
^(To|Cc):.*gopher.* sound=monkey-3.au
^(To|Cc):.*fvwm.* sound=ploop.au
^From root@?.* sound=bogus.au priority=255
^From news@?.* sound=beep.au
## Everything else...
.* sound=Thank_you_very_much.au
FILES
~/.Mailsounds
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