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Hacking AOL SND's From the artice in MacAddict Magazine By:David K. Every ©Copyright 1999 The Hack: snd (AOL's Mail Message) Even if you've lived under a rock in a cave with earplugs on for the last several years, you've probably heard America Online's infamous "You've got mail" alert. We're going to update the alert to warn you that "You've got spam," because if you have AOL, you probably do. 1. Create a copy of AOL and open the copy with Resorcerer. Select the resource type snd and ID #258. AOL names the sound for easy identification, probably assuming this is the first thing people will want to change. 2. When you open the snd resource, Resorcerer presents you with a window that allows you to record over the sound (Record), listen to the sound (Sound Me Out!), clear the sound (Silence!), or cancel the action (Cancel). 3. Record your sound using your Mac's microphone input, and don't forget to press Stop when you're done. You can play your sound to see if you got it right. If you don't like what you hear, just press Record and try again. When you get it right, press Save to immortalize your recording. (This saves only that sound; it does not save your changes to AOL.) 4. Save your changes (this time, to AOL). To test your hack, run the copy of AOL and wait around for new spam to be delivered&emdash;if you're like me, you won't have to wait long. Of course this hack is widely usable, for many Applications. Search around, find sounds -- make them better. Hack fun! Created: JULY/98 Updated: 11/09/02 Top of page Top of Section Home