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ernieg921
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 Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject: Sound/Alert in (K)ubuntu 7.04 |
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I've been using MWP for years in the MS-world but would like to get it working effectively in Kubuntu Fiesty. It installs okay (and processes mail properly), but I cannot get it to give me an alert when it receives mail. If I go to "Tools" -> "Options", the option "Play sound when new mail arrives" is checked but grayed out. Although I can regularly check for mail with MWP, without a sound/alert notice, automatically checking mail every X minutes is useless. Is this a known problem or am I just "lucky"?
Thanks!
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gingbat
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Install the NAS package from add/remove programs and this may work, its a bit hit and miss though, works for some and not others....
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ernieg921
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| gingbat wrote: | | Install the NAS package from add/remove programs and this may work, its a bit hit and miss though, works for some and not others.... |
Well, I installed the package but (like you said) it didn't make a difference -- the option is still grayed out. But I found (what I believe is) the config file (options.wmp) and I found newMailSound="0" and playSoundOnNewMail="1" within the file. I changed the "newMailSound" to "1" and restarted. The box is still grayed out but it now says "blip".
The "options.mwp" file didn't have any path to a sound file on it. Any idea where I put that (and its syntax)?
Thanks again.
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gingbat
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sorry but no, no idea on that, it'd be trial and error, and not sure if it would even help.
If that didnt work then it sounds like its a no go on your particular machine sorry....
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ernieg921
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| gingbat wrote: | sorry but no, no idea on that, it'd be trial and error, and not sure if it would even help.
If that didnt work then it sounds like its a no go on your particular machine sorry.... |
Yeah, no go. I'm trying the windows version via Wine; it's nice having the "cleaner" interface back but I'd rather run natively.
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gingbat
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Yes, I think that Wine will be the way to go for the future, works well for me also...
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