Re: Notification on new mails
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 02:56:30PM +0800, Chengqi(Lars) Song wrote:
> I'm using bare X + WindowManager instead of Desktop. I use osd-cat for some
> other notifications.
>
> lars
>
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, J. Limon wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:55:39PM +0800, Chengqi(Lars) Song wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Im using getmail/procmail/mutt/msmtp as my personal mail toolkit. It
> > > works well but lacks of notification on new mails. How do you deal with
> > > that?
> > >
> > > I want to add a notification to new coming mail in my "inbox-vip" mail
> > > box. How can I modify my procmailrc for that? the corresponding lines are:
> > >
> > > :0
> > > * ^(Subject|From|To|Cc|Bcc):.*vip
> > > $MAILDIR/inbox-vip
> > >
> > >
> > > how to add a command when those lines works? echo the "Subject" to
> > > osd-cat to display new mail' title on screen for example.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > lars
> >
> > What is your desktop of choice? I know there are several gnome apps to
> > monitor mbox and maildir mailboxes..
> > --
> > "If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't
> > be solved, worrying will do no good."
Hm you could use a DockApp or GKrellm's built in mail checker. I know conky has
that support as well.
--
"If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be
solved, worrying will do no good."