an email notifier that listens for finger connections from the mail server

notifymail.sh

#/bin/bash
# usage:
# sudo nohup notifymail 2>&1 >/dev/null

# to see if it is already running
# ps ax | egrep ' (sh /Users/colet/bin/[n]otifymail)|([n]c -l 79)$'

[ $(whoami) != 'root' ] && echo must be root && exit

# first clean up any old related processes
PIDS=$(ps ax | awk -v me=$$ '/ (sh \/Users\/colet\/bin\/[n]otifymail)|([n]c -l 79)$/{if ($1 != me) {print $1}}')

echo found $PIDS still running, I am $$

for PID in $PIDS; do
	# since we're running this with nohup, we'll need to use the KILL signal (9)
	echo "ps -p $PID && kill -KILL $PID"
	ps -p $PID >/dev/null && kill -KILL $PID
done

#M="checking mail..."
#APP=Eudora # yes, I'm still using Eudora. ;)
APP=Mail # no, I'm not still using Eudora. :(
while :; do
	MSG=$(nc -l 79 <<< 'User notified')
	if [ "${MSG:0:13}" = "nm_notifyuser" ]; then
		#echo "$M"
		# growlnotify -m "$M" -a $APP
		# osascript -e "tell application \"$APP\" to connect with checking"
		echo "osascript -e \"tell application \"$APP\" to check for new mail for account \"llsys.com\""
		osascript -e "tell application \"$APP\" to check for new mail for account \"llsys.com\""
	fi
done

To do: Make check for mail apple script only run if Mail app is idle.