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Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 07:04:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog
> > than i had YEARS ago.  cannot find.  
> > 
> > it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii.  things like
> > 
> > <QUOTE>
> > 
> > # Bill's birthday:
> > 08 08 echo "Send Bill a birthday card.
> > 
> > # watch one-time broadcast!!
> > 08 09 2010  echo: "Watch PBS show at 20:00 hours"
> > 
> > </QUOTE>
...
> deskutils/ical ?

Good program, but probably not what the OP had in mind.
ical's .calendar file, while ascii, is in a structured
format which would be a bit of a pain to edit by hand;
and I don't recall its being set up to send email.