WMPEOPLE configuration Copy the standard configuration file(.wmpeoplerc) from /etc/skel/ to your home directory. Edit .wmpeoplerc file to configure wmpeople. 1] Set peephole server informations: server="localhost"; port=3490; or server="192.168.0.1"; port=5000; 2] Theme and icon icon("red") = { /*icon red is associated to "id1" and "id2" identities*/ id1, id2 }; icon("green") = { id3, id4, id5 }; Here user can choose a theme and icon. If theme and icon aren't defined, wmpeople uses "bullets" theme and "red" icon as default. There's no way to define either the theme or the icon; in other words, either none or both of them are required. 3] Commands This is a fallback command; whenever arrives a message to an identity that doesn't specify an associated command this one is executed. exec("/usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage -timeout 10 default message"); /* default command */ exec("/usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage -timeout 10 id1") = { /* action to be executed when id1 goes on */ These are commands executed in order to an email matching the given id.