Icons Option

The Icons ... option is similar to the Alerts ... option in that it alerts you when certain incoming mail arrives. Alert icons are user-specified pixmaps that are displayed in place of the standard Ishmail mailbox icon when incoming mail arrives.

You specify a string pattern for each pixmap defined. When mail arrives the headers are scanned for a match with the patterns. When a match is detected the associated pixmap is displayed, if Ishmail is iconified or if you have an icon box that displays the Ishmail icon when the program is running.

To add or insert new alert icons, and to modify or delete existing alert icons, click the Icons ... option. The Alert Icons window appears.

The Alert Icons window shows the list of current string patterns and associated pixmaps in a box containing two text fields - the Pattern name field and the associated Pixmap field. (If no alert icons have been defined, both fields are empty.)

The pattern is evaluated as a regular expression, as defined by the UNIX ed command.

You use the four buttons to the left of the text fields to:

• Create a new alert icon.

• Insert an alert icon.

• Edit an existing alert icon.

• Remove an existing alert icon.

When you click the New ..., Insert ..., or Edit ... buttons, the Edit Icon Rule window appears. It contains text fields in which you can create or modify an alert icon.

To create a new alert icon:

1. Click the New ... button. The Edit Icon Rule window appears.

2. Place the pointer in the Pattern: text field and enter a string pattern that would appear in the header field of an incoming message.

3. Place the pointer in the Pixmap file: text field and enter the name of the pixmap that should be invoked when the string pattern is encountered in a message header.

4. Click Ok or Apply in the Edit Icon Rule dialog window. The new alert icon is added to the end of the alert icons Pattern list.

To insert an alert icon:

1. Click the Insert ... button. The Edit Icon Rule window appears.

2. Place the pointer in the Pattern: text field and enter a string pattern that should appear in the header field of an incoming message.

3. Place the pointer in the Pixmap file: text field and enter the name of the pixmap that should be invoked when the string pattern is encountered in a message header.

4. Click Ok or Apply in the Edit Icon Rule dialog window. The new alert icon is inserted before the selected alert icon in the Pattern list.

To edit an alert icon:

1. Select an alert icon in the Pattern list, and click the Edit ... button or double-click the alert icon. The Edit Alert Icon window appears with the pattern and associated pixmap file in the text fields.

2. Make your modification(s) in the text fields.

3. Click Ok or Apply in the Edit Icon Rule window to add your changes to the selected alert icon in the Pattern list.

To delete one or more alert icons:

1. Select the alert icon(s) you want to remove.

2. Click the Delete ... button.

   A pop-up confirmation box prompts you for confirmation before completing the operation.