Mathieu CATTIN wrote:
> I have successfully installed exim 4.50, I have a small Linux
> distribution that serves as a router called FREESCO, see
> www.freesco.org.
> Now I would like to make it beep whenever it receives a message, the
> command is simple : "[root@freesco] beep" makes it beep.
> How is it possible ? I have tried to put the command in the exim
> system_filter file but nothing happens...I'm kind of lost.
> thanks a lot in advance,
> best regards,
I'd be willing to be that "beep" simply sends a ^G to your terminal. Try
beep > /dev/null 2>&1
and see if it still works. I'd almost bet it won't.
When calling from exim, you could probably issue: beep > /dev/console 2>&1
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