Hey,
Steven Boothe wrote:
Greetings:
Would someone please help me change the sound notification
of incoming mail?
There is an[...] option to "Execute command line on new
mail", but I don't have any idea of what to put there.
Version: KDE 2.0.1
As a side note, wouldn't it be great if we could assign
different sounds for different filters? That would make it
possible to continue downloading and filing my 100 or so
list messages a day, but when I got something person I
would here a specific sound... eh?
Stevenyou need a sound file to specify (I use a .wav)
then remove the X from the "Beep on new mail" selection and
add an X to the "Execute command line on new mail" selection
and then in the space provided type this:
play /(complete path to file)/(sound file).wav
If the above command will execute from a console comand line
it will execute from here as well.
While my experience with kmail was in RedHat 6.0, I'd opened it
had a look in (now) lm7.2. This is the ~way~ you set it up,
true, but don't count on it working indefinitely. In the kmail
which was in RH 6.0 when I'd upgraded it, the wav file only
worked when mail came in for a short period -- then only the beep
would work. I was running Gnome with E at the time.
As for different sounds for different filters, I doubt this
will happen (though I've wanted that feature for years) in ~any~
mail reader for a very long time (if ever). Though I should
think that the developer of pronto might easily consider setting
that feature. If you don't know, pronto's pretty cool, but early
in development. You'll find it quite a bit better in many
respects than kmail (but keep in mind -- I'm a pine die-hard;-).
Meph
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