PlutoMon

!PlutoMon

v0.22 (10 Oct 2025)





PlutoMon is a little monitoring application for Pluto users. which simply checks the contents of the four directories used by Pluto for Incoming and Outgoing Mail and News.

If there are any files in a directory waiting to be processed, a small window will soon open top left with one or more slowly alternating icon(s) to indicate the directory.

PlutoMon
News  Mail   Mail  News
Incoming      Outgoing
PlutoMon
News  Mail   Mail  News
Incoming      Outgoing

Clicking on one of the icons can do a Pluto debatch, or a Transport send, as appropriate.

When there are no files to process, the window will close.

Without being obtrusive, this may be a useful reminder, particularly if you debatch or send manually, rather than automatically.

To some extent this duplicates and expands the two icons top left in the Pluto: Boxes List window, but PlutoMon has been found useful by some users. Depending on feedback, in the future it may be included in Pluto itself.



Change History


v0.01 24/01/2024 Thanks to Andrew Conroy for initial version.
v0.02 30/01/2024 Avoided using old Voyager message, removed in Pluto v3.20
v0.03 30/01/2024 Added News In/Out.
v0.04 31/01/2024 Added trap for PreQuit message.
v0.05 02/02/2024 If Pluto$Dir not set, show message.
Ensured window stays on top if open.
v0.06 04/02/2024 Renamed app PlutoMon for consistency.
v0.07 06/02/2024 Added In and Out sprites for pushed icons.
v0.08 06/02/2024 Added check for duplicated task.
v0.09 07/02/2024 Fixed PROCcheck_task abort @1440.
v0.10 08/02/2024 Made !Sprite & Template icon names unique.
Ignored ActiveList in News In.
v0.11 08/02/2024 Switched icons so In on left, Out on right.
v0.12 12/02/2024 Added Menu for Help/Quit.
Removed Close/Iconize icons.
Fixed Shutdown bug.
v0.13 17/02/2024 Added actions on icon clicks.
v0.14 18/02/2024 Refined NewsHound send actions.
Opened Menu right of window, and without corruption.
v0.15 19/02/2024 Added KickMon facility for faster updates.
v0.16 19/02/2024 Used transports from Choices.
v0.17 20/02/2024 Fixed click on NewsIn icon so it works.
Ensured debatch opens Boxes List on top.
v0.18 26/02/2024 Updated KickMon and Help for running it.
v0.19 02/03/2024 Catered for Choices file in Choices:Pluto
v0.20 08/10/2025 Fixed problem if transports not set in Pluto.
Catered for larger screen resolutions.
Added facility to display window on right.
v0.21 09/10/2025 Fixed bug if PlutoMon started before Pluto.
v0.22 10/10/2025 Increased WimpSlot from 16K to 20K.
Checked Choices:Pluto.choices is a file.



To download please click on the file below:
Application VersionDate Description
New!PlutoMon v0.22(10 Oct 2025) latest version.



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