Here is a listing and description of Tcl-based mail notification tools. This is not a comprehensive list. Please don't add last night's hack. Indeed, many people have written biffs - it's so trivial to write a simple one. But few are truly professional, robust, flexible, etc. Here are several that appear to be worthwhile.

• tkbiff

[1]

GUI: Shows message headers. Click to show messages.

User-definable action upon new mail: Message-dependent.

OS: Windows, UNIX, MacOS

Access: IMAP, POP, APOP, SSL, UNIX mbox and maildir.

• tclbiff

(included with tkbiff - see above)

UI: "You have mail from ..." on stdout.

User-definable action upon new mail: Message-dependent.

OS: UNIX

Access: IMAP, POP, APOP, SSL, UNIX mbox and maildir.

• xbiff2

[2]

GUI: Shows icon for no mail or new mail.

User-defineable action upon new mail: Message-independent.

OS: Windows, UNIX

Access: IMAP, POP, UNIX mbox

• mbiff

BROKEN LINK - [3]

GUI: shows mailbox names containing new mail.

User-definable action upon new mail: No.

OS: UNIX

Access: UNIX mbox

Requires: TclX

• tkgoodstuff

BROKEN LINK - [4]

GUI: Shows icon or count of messages in multiple mailboxes. Click to show messages.

User-definable action upon new mail: No.

OS: UNIX

Access: IMAP, UNIX mbox and MH.

Status: Development ceased as of Oct '97.

• tkpostage

[5]

GUI: shows count of messages. Click to show message headers.

User-definable action upon new mail: No.

OS: UNIX

Access: UNIX mbox

Status: appears orphaned, last release: 1.3b, Dec '95

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