email_reminder.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/python
   2 #
   3 # This program was born out of a need I have to stay focused while working.
   4 # Many inconsequential emails were interrupting my mindset.
   5 #
   6 # So, I created this script to remind me to check my email.  It is setup
   7 # to be run from cron (or task scheduler if you are on windows) and show
   8 # a little message box when you want to remind yourself to check your email.
   9 # Use a line like the following in your cron settings to schedule (use your
  10 # own schedule!)
  11 # 05 8,10,12,14,15 * * mon-thu DISPLAY=:0 /fullpathto/email_reminder.py
  12 # make sure you give teh email_reminder.py file execute permissions or
  13 # you run it explicitely through the python interpreter like
  14 # /usr/bin/python /fullpathto/email_reminder.py
  15 #
  16 # Easygui <http://www.ferg.org/easygui> makes this trivial!
  17 #
  18 # Copyright: Paul D. Eden <paul@benchline.org>
  19 # License: GPL version 3 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
  20 #
  21
  22 from easygui import *
  23
  24 msgbox("Time to check your email. :-)")