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Subject: Re: [9fans] watch a second mailbox
From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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Date: Tue,  6 Apr 2004 10:45:34 -0600
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> i do this all the time, but use the plumber rather than a separate file.
> that is, if faces is receiving plumbing messages and upas/fs
> is always watching all relevant mailboxes (which may mean
> multiple upas/fs instances), it just works.
> 
> -rob

% plumber; upas/fs -f /some/other/file; faces -i

same trick (starting a new plumber) works when you want to keep
different acme sessions for different things -- i have a second acme
just for reading mail which i keep deep in the background.
right-clicking on the face of a new email brings it on top.

andrey