Re: Playing a sound

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> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:27:32 +0200
> From: Danny <[email protected]>
> Subject: Playing a sound
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> Hi guys,
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> Is it possible to play a soundfile when procmail encounters mail from a certain
> e-mail address?

Yes, procmail is -capable- of doing it.  To wit;

    :0 c:
    * ^From:.*${ADDRESS}
    | ${PLAYSOUND}

However _system_ restrictions may prohibit it.  e.g. system-enforced access
controls may allow only the user logged in on the 'console' to access the
audio device.

More than two decades ago, in a _production_ business environment, I 
deployed a routine on user workstations that submitted a job to a remote 
mainframe.  when the 'completion status' mail came back one of two sound-
effects would play, depending on whether the job completed sucessfully or
failed.  Picked from the 'standard' samples that came with the O/S release,
they were a 'gong' for a successful run, and a 'toilet flushing' for the
other case.   One day, a new user got the submitted data wrong for something
like 20 consecutive attempts.  When he -finally- got the 'gong', he got a
round of applause from everybody within earshot.  *GRIN*