Assembled and tested by Scott Gruby (Scott_Gruby@hmc.edu)
Source code by Peter N Lewis
Icons modified and colorized by Greg Ferguson and Raoul Schaffner.
NotifyMail is a background only application that listens for a telnet connection to port 1035. When it receives the connection, it sends an AppleEvent to Eudora to check your mail. The end result (when coupled with a .forward file on your UNIX machine) is that you will almost immediately receive your electronic mail when it arrives on your UNIX machine. You no longer have to tell Eudora to check your mail every X minutes.
System Requirements:
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System 7.0.0 or higher
MacTCP 1.1 or higher
Eudora 1.4 or higher
a static IP address
POP account on a UNIX machine
Installation:
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1. Put the NotifyMail application in your startup items folder along with an alias to Eudora or your Eudora settings file. Launch both Eudora and NotifyMail.
2. Create a file called .forward on your UNIX machine in your home directory. The contents of the file are as follows:
\username,
"| echo quit | ftp machinename 1035"
Where you will replace username with your login name on your UNIX machine, for example, mine is sgruby and you will replace machinename with the name associated with your Mac's IP address. For example, I would put in gorilla.st.hmc.edu. Therefore, my .forward file would look as follows:
\sgruby,
"| echo quit | ftp gorilla.st.hmc.edu 1035"
(The FTP command is just to get a TCP connection. It does not do anything else TCP related. This seems to work better than a telnet command.)
3. In the Eudora configuration, set the Check Mailing every X minutes to either 0 to have it never check mail, or a number such as 700, so that it checks mail at startup.
4. If you want to test it out, have someone send mail to you. If you send mail to yourself, when Eudora checks your mail, it may or may not find it depending on your UNIX machine. Since most people don't send themselves mail, this is not a problem.
If Eudora is not running when mail comes in (but NotifyMail is running), then you will receive a dialog box telling you to check your email.
I also recommend using Immediate Send for messages (in the Eudora Switches). If you choose Send on Check, then your mail will only be sent when you manually choose Send Queued Messages, you receive new mail and NotifyMail triggers Eudora to check mail, or the 700 minutes that you set has elapsed.
Possible Problems:
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Problem: Someone sends me mail, but I am not notified.
Solution:
a) On some UNIX machines, you have to give read and execute privliges to all users in order to access the .forward file. Contact your system administrator for help with this.
b) MacTCP was not properly initialized at startup. This may be due to an extension conflict or network problems. I would suggest restarting and that should fix the problem. Make sure that you can use Eudora to manually check mail. If you can, relaunch NotifyMail and see what happens.
Distribution:
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There is NO cost in using NotifyMail. You may distribute NotifyMail in any way you wish as long as you don't charge for it. If you or your company publishes software, feel free to send me a copy, if you like this program. (Peter Lewis would probably appreciate a copy, too.) And if your company produces some piece of hardware (say, a computer), please feel free to send me one :-). This documentation file should stay with the application. The only thing that I ask if you use this program is to send me email (Scott_Gruby@hmc.edu) and put NotifyMail Registration in the subject line. Also, please indicate what type of Macintosh you are using. If you have problems with the program or its setup, please don't hesitate to send email. I usually respond to email within a few hours (during the day).
Warranty:
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There is absolutely NO warranty, guarantee, hint, suggestion or anything else that NotifyMail will work in all situations. NotifyMail has been working fine on my SE/30 running under System 7.1, and has been tested on various other machines. I will do my best to help you get this program running on your machine, but I make no promises. Support for this product is available by email only to Scott_Gruby@hmc.edu.
Fine Print:
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Scott Gruby and Peter Lewis hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Does any one really read this stuff. Scott Gruby and Peter Lewis will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if Scott Gruby, Peter Lewis or an agent of either one has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall Scott Gruby or Peter Lewis be liable for any damages, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.
