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Diffstat (limited to 'x11/xbiff/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | x11/xbiff/pkg-descr | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/x11/xbiff/pkg-descr b/x11/xbiff/pkg-descr index 917fe929b8ce..5045d81e9a6b 100644 --- a/x11/xbiff/pkg-descr +++ b/x11/xbiff/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ -This package contains xbiff, which displays a little image of a mailbox in -the X Window System. The flag on the mailbox is down when there is no mail, -and the flag goes up when new mail arrives. +The Xbiff program provides graphical notification of new e-mail. It only +handles mail stored in a filesystem accessible file, not via IMAP, POP +or other remote access protocols. + +It displays a little image of a mailbox in the X Window System. When +there is no mail, the flag on the mailbox is down. When mail arrives, +the flag goes up and the mailbox beeps. By default, pressing any mouse +button in the image forces xbiff to remember the current size of the +mail file as being the "empty" size and to lower the flag. |