Based on an earlier post, the following is a solution to get jabber notifications for new mails.
We do this using a cronjob, but don’t worry, system administrator, it does take minimal resources.
This is dedicated to users of stud3/stud4, but will work on any server you have ssh access to.
HOWTO:
1: Get the sources here and extract them. jbiff.tar (gz, 152 KB) (tar.gz archive)
There is a perl script (jabbersend.pl) with the needed modules for sending jabber messages.
Also there is a bash script (jbiff.sh) that checks if the inbox changed and calls the perl script accordingly.
Modify the line
"perl jabbersend.pl jabber.ccc.de username="J13R" password="mybottybot" to="buchner.johannes@amessage.at" "body=$a | $b | $c"
to your needs. You probably don’t want me to receive your mails notifications. I don’t mind if you use my bot (J13R) as sender, otherwise just enter your jabber account details there.
2: Copy them to a folder in your home directory on the server. ~/test for example.
You can should test the functionality by calling “bash jbiff.sh”. It will create a .oldstatus file to not send the same notification twice.
3: add it to your crontab
export EDITOR="pico" # You probably don't want to use vi on a HP machine
crontab -e # edit the crontab and add the following line:
* * * * * cd test/; bash jbiff.sh
Watch out: Failing cronjobs will send you a error report by mail which could create a infinite loop. You can clear/remove your crontab with “crontab -r”.
Also, this script only detects that something changed and will output the last message in your mailbox, so don’t wonder if you move/delete messages.
Wanted features: I would like the messages to contain newlines (couldn’t find how to do that).
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