On 25 Jan 2008, at 23:05, Eric F Crist wrote: > 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. Yeah, well, the script only runs if the computer is switched on, and other notifications are only useful if the computer has monitor &/or speakers connected to it, &/or someone is logged into the machine. I assumed that the script was written in Bash, piping curl to grep to sendmail - it may be blinkered of me, but I find this the most "obvious" way to solve that part of the problem already described by TjL - and I would find it clumsy to mix shell script & AppleScript. Here any script that is run by a schedule is run on the headless server in the cupboard under the stairs - I'm sure that'll be switched on at any time, which I can't say of any given desktop machine. Besides, if I'm at a computer then my mail is open. For me - your milage may vary - it's just the most logical way to be notified of stuff that's going on. Finally - I considered writing this in my original response - no language which we discuss here is the best one for the task. The easiest programming syntax is "hey, kid! make sure you check this webpage every day - it tells you if you get a day off school." Stroller.