Re: No mail notification
On 17-02-2009, at 19h 52'50", Rem P Roberti wrote about "No mail notification"
> This is the first time this has happened. I just installed a new
> mailbox for mail coming from a new list subscription. Everthing works
> including Procmail which places the mail in the right place. The only
> thing that doesn't work is that I don't get any notification of new mail
> for this mailbox. I checked my .muttrc, and the entries for this new
> mailbox are correct, which is to say just the same as the entries for
> all the other mailboxes. Still no notifications of new mail. Any ideas
> on what might be wrong? At this point all I can do is remember to check
> in the mailbox from time to time for new mail.
>
Hi,
How do you get new mail notification for the other mailboxes?
If you use, for instance xbiff or xmailbox then you need to add the
-file your-mailbox to it. For example (in my .xsession):
xmailbox -file $HOME/Mail/maillists -geometry 75x68+1215+115 &
xbiff -file $HOME/Mail/postmaster -fg lightyellow -bg black -geometry
75x68+1197+97 &
Of course, this will not take care of the mail beying delivered to
$HOME/Mail/maillists or $HOME/Mail/postmaster. Procmail should do that
according to your $HOME/.procmailrc file.
If you use rclock then you can either use the $MAIL variable or use
the -mailfile mailfile option.
I hope this helps.
Ionel