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Network applets enable your work on a network or the internet to be monitored or enhanced. Network applets range from checking mail to monitoring the time you have spent on the internet.
The Mailcheck applet will check mail on your system and let you know if there is new mail waiting for you. At this point it will only check your local system mail. It will not query another server for your mail. To access the properties for the Mailcheck applet right mouse click on the applet and select the Properties menu item from the pop-up menu. The Mail check properties dialog box will appear and you can change the following properties. If you would like to execute a program before each update you can enter a command in the Execute text box. This can be useful if you want to run fetchmail to retrieve your mail from another server. You can also specify how often you check for mail and select which animation style you would like displayed in the applet.
The WebControl applet allows you to launch your web browser with the URL you indicate in the URL text box. If you would like to launch a new window instead of using the active one you can check the Launch new window checkbox. To clear the URL textbox, press the Clear button. To access the properties, right mouse click on the WebControl applet and select the Properties menu item from the pop-up menu. The Web Control properties dialog box will appear and you can select whether you want to Display the URL text label and the launch new window options on your applet.
The Modem Lights Applet is a handy applet that will start you dial up connection and monitor it for you once it is connected. It derives its name by displaying two small modem lights which monitor the activity on your modem.
Setting up modem lights requires you to already have a dial up connection working on your system. You must right mouse click on the applet and select the Properties menu item from the pop-up menu. This will launch the Modem Lights Setting dialog.
Within this dialog are two tabs, the General tab and the Advanced tab. In the General you type the scripts used to start your dialup connection in the Connect command textbox. The disconnect scripts are typed in the Disconnect command textbox. Press Apply and then press the small single button at the edge of the applet. The scripts will be run. Once there is a connection the small modem lights will blink and the internet load will be displayed in the small black box in the center of the applet.