[Dxspider-support] Mail Enhancement?

[Brian]

Greetings;

(In the words of OJ... ) to take a stab at this, I would assume that if a
user is at the keyboard and is active, (s)he may also execute commands which
the last
string returned would be the cluster's prompt... such as a show/time which
would print:

show/time
Local Time:  6-Jun-2003 0658, UTC 1058Z
N1URO de N1URO-3  6-Jun-2003 1058Z >

I would guesstimate that new mail is (or could be) a boolean expression
somewhere in the code. If its not, perhaps it could become one and then when
the user is active and executes a command could it be possible to then include
a 'new mail beacon' of sorts just prior to the prompt returning? An example of
what I'm saying would then change the output of the above command to:

show/time
Local Time:  6-Jun-2003 0658, UTC 1058Z
New mail has arrived for you ^G
N1URO de N1URO-3  6-Jun-2003 1058Z >

This would then inform the user (s)he has mail waiting and would prohibit
mail beacons across a network (RF or wired) in the event the user is not at
the console/keyboard.

just my worthless $0.02 :-)


73 de Brian N1URO

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