[X-Unix] Calling Applescript alarm from script

Eric F Crist ecrist at secure-computing.net
Fri Jan 25 15:05:02 PST 2008


On Jan 25, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Stroller wrote:

>
> On 25 Jan 2008, at 15:18, TjL wrote:
>>
>> However, what I would really like to do is have it pop up some kind  
>> of
>> alert window on my Mac with some kind of sound which keeps repeating
>> until I acknowledge the window.
>
> Set a rule in Mail.app, so that if "From:" equals "My Notify Script  
> <script at localhost>" then play sound "klaxxon".

That only works if Mail.app happens to be running.  If Mail.app isn't  
running, messages aren't being received, and filters aren't being  
processed.

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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks




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