Hi,

Am Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:30:47 -0400
schrieb Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>:

> These days, though, I use org-mode, which has better support for
> tracking events (as opposed to dates).  I still use diary for things
> like birthdays.  I think there are some other scheduling packages
> around with other capabilities, but I can't find any pointers at this
> moment.

well I use org-mode too but only found a tutorial that describes on how
to save the dates to appt in order to get notified. It would be nice if
I could use directly org-mode to send me the nofifications, but it
should be possible to call my own function cause I execute a popup.