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List:       kde-announce
Subject:    ANNOUNCE: KBiff v1.0 -- mail notification utility
From:       Kurt Granroth <kurt_granroth () pobox ! com>
Date:       1998-07-22 2:04:59
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Hi,

KBiff is finally out of beta!  I have just released version 1.0.  This
is a highly stable release.

WHAT?
-----
KBiff is a biff utility.  It is highly configurable but very easy to
use and setup.  It tries to combine the best (or at least *all*) of
the features of most of the other "biff" programs out there.

WHY?
----
... use it at all?

  KBiff has a number of advantages over the competition
  o Pure GUI configuration.  No command line paramters or strange config
    files.  All settings for KBiff can be done from one setup dialog
  o Session management.  KBiff starts up with the same configuration you
    left it with.
  o Panel docking.  KBiff can be docked into the panel very easily.  Handy
    when you are monitoring several mailboxes and don't have the room
    anywhere else.
  o System sounds.  KBiff can play a .wav file when new mail arrives
  o Animated gifs.  KBiff can handle GIF89 animated gifs
  o POP3 support.  KBiff can monitor a remote mailbox using the POP3
    protocol as if it were a local mailbox
  o Highly configurable.  There are very few things in KBiff that you
    have to accept.  Most things can be changed to fit your needs.

Changes since 0.8 (abbreviated)
-------------------------------
o Added user contributed animated GIF and WAV files to contrib dir
o Support for larger fonts and i18n is better now
o Changed configure scripts to be more robust
o Fixed a few minor bugs and tweaked a few things

Begin3
Title:          KBiff - Mail notification utility
Version:        1.0
Entered-date:   21JUL98
Description:    "xbiff"-like mail notification utility.  Has multiple
                pixmaps, session management, and GUI configuration.  Can
                "dock" into KDE panel.  Can display animated gifs,
                play system sounds, or run arbitrary shell command when
                new mail arrives.  Supports POP3 mailboxes.
Keywords:       biff mail utility KDE Qt
Author:         Kurt Granroth <kurt_granroth@pobox.com>
Maintained-by:  Kurt Granroth <kurt_granroth@pobox.com>
Home-page:      http://home.sprintmail.com/~granroth/kbiff
Alternate-site: http://www.nerds.with.no.net/kbiff
Alternate-site: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/utils
Primary-site:   http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth/kbiff
                236897  kbiff-1.0.tar.gz
                976     kbiff-1.0.lsm
Platform:       Linux, Solaris. Needs Qt and KDE
Copying-policy: GPL
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-- 
Kurt Granroth
kurt_granroth@pobox.com
http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth

Motorola
 Space and Systems Technology Group
  Ground Systems Division
   Diversified Technologies Services
    Software Engineer

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