######################################################################### # asmail - Afterstep Mail # # VERSION 0.54 # # 3 Nov 1996 # # # ######################################################################### By: Per Liden (per@oden.rsn.hk-r.se) Jon Leffert <jbleffer@midway.uchicago.edu> Martin Domig <martin.domig@gmx.net> WHAT IS ASMAIL? --------------- Asmail is a "mail-checker" like xbiff, but with the Afterstep look & feel. It indicates the status of your mailbox. It can be put in the Wharf, execute program on incoming mail, execute program on mouseclick, show animations and more... HOW TO INSTALL IT ----------------- 0) See the INSTALL file. 1) You may have to copy "sample.asmailrc" to "~/.asmailrc" and edit that file so that it fits your system. Read the man page for more information about configuration. 2) Type `asmail` to rock. 3) If you use AfterStep, you should add a line like this to your wharf: *Wharf asmail - Swallow "asmail" asmail -geometry +0+0 & CHANGE LOG ---------- 21-Jun-99 (by Martin Domig <martin.domig@gmx.net>) - IMAP should work now for most servers. - An option to give the mailbox name for IMAP mailboxes has been added. 18-Jun-99 (by Martin Domig <martin.domig@gmx.net>) - Support for IMAP type 2 added. - Some changes in the default configurationfile 23-Mar-99 - Minor bugfixes (by D. J. Hawkey Jr. <hawkeyd@visi.com>) - Unreleased version 0.52.1 - Added setting of min and max size hints, ignore size in an user-specified geometry spec. - Added color closeness attributes for all pixmaps. - Added WM_DELETE_WINDOW client message. - Added StructureNotify event handler to avoid animating while iconified. - The new-mail checker now acts on counts that are less than the last check. - Minor tweaks to redefine "new mail" to "unread mail". - Renamed the functions in socklib.[ch] and pop.h to avoid clashes with vendor-supplied standard libraries. - Added the mail counts to the icon name. - Honor zero-value animation speeds. - Handle comments within NoMail/OldMail/NewMail and End. - Implemented NumOfMsgColor. - Load default pixmaps only if required. - Center animations of any size in an unshaped (64x64) window. - A new pixmap file for an unshaped (64x64) tile, and new icon pixmap files to suit. New greyscale pixmap files, too. - Added Makefile.QNX, in the autoconf directory, because the configure script broke (those things often do). 9-Mar-99 (by MoGul <kaliph@gmx.net>) - Version 0.52 - Added option to "pop" your email directly without having to use an other program (i.e. popclient, get_mail, ...). - NumOfMsgMode, NumOfMsgPosition and NumOfMsgFont can now be used with multiple mailboxes (hi Blinder!). 3-Nov-96 - Version 0.50 - Added options NumOfMsgMode, NumOfMsgPosition and NumOfMsgFont, with this options you can get asmail to display the number of messages and/or new messages in the mailbox. This option can not be used if you monitor more then one mailfile. - Added option ExecuteOnUpdate, this option is useful if you want to "pop" your mail from a mailserver. Asmail will execute a specified program (i.e. popclient, get_mail, ...) just before every update of the mailbox status. - Added option for multiple mailboxes, thanks to Christopher Seawood (cseawood@qualcomm.com) - Some changes made to the Imakefile - Added message.au, a nice little sample 26-Oct-96 - Version 0.41 - Added optino LockShape, use this option if all icons have the same shape and size, this will save some CPU time if you are using animations - TimeStampMode modified, now hopfully works better, thanks to Steve Martin (smartin@henge.com) - Fixed "MailFile" bug - Added two sample animations to the package 6-Oct-96 - Version 0.40 - Options are now set in a configuration file (~/.asmailrc) instead of the command-line, with the exception of the default X options. Read the man page for more info about the configuration file - Xpm icons are now optional, through the config file - Added support for animations. NOTE: If you want to save CPU time do not use animations or use slow animationspeed. Using the option NoShape also saves some CPU time on animations - Added option "AlwaysNewMailExecute", "execute-when-new-mail-is-found" will be invoked even if the current status is "New Mail". If this option is removed it will only be invoked if the current status is "No Mail" or "Old Mail" - Added option "TimeStampMode", this option is useful if you are using utilities like procmail. Asmail will change status from "No Mail" to "New Mail" when the time-stamp of the last modification of the mailfile is changed - Asmail no longer shows an icon when iconified. Why? Well, asmail is not often used iconified and removing the icon saves CPU time when using animations. 29-Sep-96 - Version 0.34 - Added support for default X options on the command-line (i.e. -display, -geometry, -title ...) - Added option -beep, signal when new mail is found - New event handling structure (again!), saves some CPU time - Asmail now locks better when the window is iconified - Misc. code clean up 15-Sep-96 - Version 0.33 - Execute program when new mail is found now works as it should 14-Sep-96 - Version 0.32 - New event handling structure, thanks to Stephan K. Zitz (zitz@io.com) this solved the exit bug and the "startup-redraw" bug - $MAIL can now set the default mailfile, option -m no longer neede, but can be uesed to override $MAIL - Right mousebutton click resets the mailbox 8-Sep-96 - Version 0.31 - Added better mailbox handling, with help from Gyula Matics (mgyula@eik.bme.hu) - Adder option for update frequency 7-Sep-96 - First official release, Version 0.3 - Added program execution on incoming mail 1-Sep-96 - Version 0.2 - Added support for shaped window 30-Aug-96 - Version 0.1 COPYRIGHT --------- This program is Copyright (c) 1996 by Per Liden. See LICENSE file for more informations. SPECIAL THANKS TO ----------------- Stephan K. Zitz (zitz@io.com) Gyula Matics (mgyula@eik.bme.hu) Steve Martin (smartin@henge.com) Christopher Seawood (cseawood@qualcomm.com) MoGul (kaliph@gmx.net) D. J. Hawkey Jr. (hawkeyd@visi.com)
