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NAME
       LinPopUp - A Linux port of Winpopup, running over Samba.

SYNOPSIS
       linpopup [ -min ] [ -info ]

DESCRIPTION
       LinPopUp is a Xwindow port of Winpopup, running over
       Samba.  It permits to communicate with a Windows computer
       that runs Winpopup, sending or receiving message. (It also
       provides an alternative way to communicate between Linux
       computers that run Samba).

OPTIONS
       -min    Will start LinPopUp minimized. LinPopUp will
               maximize itself each time a new message arrives.
               This feature was specially implemented to
               automatically start LinPopUp via .Xclient or
               .xinitrc file.

       -info   LinPopUp will give some useful information about
               system configuration and immediately exits. Use it
               if something goes wrong or/and when reporting a
               bug.

FILES
       /var/lib/linpopup/messages.dat
       Where message are kept.

       ~/.linpopuprc
       Configuration file, where the preferences are stored. Not
       an ASCII file, so don't try to edit it.

       ~.linpopup.history History file where are kept last used
       send address. Will be automatically created/updated.

INSTALLATION
       To be able to receive messages that are sent to you, you
       will need to edit the smb.conf file (generally found in
       /etc directory) and to add this line to the [global
       settings] section :

       message command = /usr/local/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm
       %s

       PLEASE NOTE that "%f" is not the same thing as %f , '%f'
       or `%f`. If you enter a wrong message command, you will
       probably not receive some (only a few in fact) of the
       messages that are sent to you.


RESTRICTIONS
       Running LinPopUp with three arguments may give
       imprevisible results. Only Samba can run it this way via



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       the message command.

NOTES
       Receiving message :

       LinPopUp doesn't need to always run. If you close it, it
       will continues to receive all messages that are send to
       you. You can even quit Xwindow, and still receive
       messages. In fact, the only way to miss a message that was
       sent to you is to have your computer turned off.

       Message management :

       Messages are kept from session to session. You will always
       retrieve a message that was sent to you, ... if you have
       not deleted it.

       More help :

       You will obtain more information about using and
       configuring LinPopUp by running it under Xwindow and
       looking at the Help menu.

       Requirements :

       Samba as well as the Gimp ToolKit GTK+ >= 1.2.0 are
       required.

BUGS
       None known, ...  that I was able to reproduce ;-)

COPYRIGHT
       LinPopUp Copyright (C)1998-1999 Little Igloo Org is freely
       distributable under the GNU Public License, a copy of
       which you should have received with this software (in a
       file called COPYING).

AVAILABILITY
       You can get the last LinPopUp version, sources or binaries
       distribution, RedHat or Debian Packages, at :
       http://www.littleigloo.org

AUTHOR
       Jean-Marc Jacquet <jm@littleigloo.org>

CREDITS
       This man page was originally writen by Paul Slootman
       <paul@debian.org>.  But, as I made some changes to it, any
       grammar/spelling errors are exclusively copyrighted by ME.

SEE ALSO
       samba(7), smbclient(1), smb.conf(5), testparm(1).





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