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- ALB Monitor
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- This is a small background only application that serves as a means of
- monitoring a Eudora in-file (or other mail inbox). It runs in the
- background and posts a notification (sound and flashing icon in apple
- menu) when the file it is monitoring has mail in it (ie the data fork
- is bigger than zero bytes). The notification is removed once the
- mail has been retrieved (ie file is zero bytes). I use it to notify
- users that they have mail waiting in their Eudora inbox which is
- located on a remote server.
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- Background Only Applications
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- Background only applications are normal applications in every way
- except that they have no user interface. You can not see them in the
- applications menu or the 'About this Macintosh' dialog. Once lauched
- they will continue to run until the Macintosh is restarted or the
- application receives a 'quit' AppleEvent. Because of a bug in the
- Finder, even after the application has quit the icon for the
- application will still be 'greyed out'. This does not necessarily
- mean that the application is still running.
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- Settings
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- Since this is a background only application there is no easy means to
- set its preferences. It will have to be modified via ResEdit. The
- only setting at this point is the path of the file it should modify.
- Change STR# 256 to the full path name of the file that should be
- monitored.
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- You can also change the icon and the sound that are displayed/played
- when mail comes in. Replace SICN 256 and/or snd 256 with your own.
- Keep in mind though that if you use a larger snd you may need to
- increase the memory allocation of the application. It need
- approximately 10-15k of RAM plus the amount of the snd resource.
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- Questions/Problems/Suggestions
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- Everything should be reasonably self-explainitory. If not, I can be
- contacted at owenc@hubris.gcnet.com or chris@kagi.com if you have
- any problems.
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- Registration info
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- To register my shareware applications, use the Register program or
- fill out the registration form that comes with the software (if you
- don't have a registration form, fetch the latest version, or just
- make sure you include the program name and your Email address). Send
- the form together with your payment to:
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- Kagi Shareware
- 1442-A Walnut Street #392-CO
- Berkeley, California, 94709-1405
- USA
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- For credit card payments, send the form via Email to
- shareware@kagi.com or by FAX to +1 510 652 6589. Checks should be
- made out to "Kagi Shareware" and should be in US dollars. All
- comments about the programs should be sent directly to me.
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