If you're a gmail user like me, gnome-gmail-notifier<http://code.google.com/p/gnome-gmail-notifier/>just sits in the tray and checks for emails once in a while. It even properly utilizes the notification system. It's in the repos if you're an Ubuntu user, otherwise you can get it from source online.
I spawn it with gnome-gmail-notifier & in my .xsession Eliot On 14 September 2010 06:42, Bill Sun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Usually there's lots of stuff on the wiki, and I'm trying to put > everything there to help others. > > I now need a mail notifier and didn't see anything on that wiki. > > Can anyone suggest me a program? I couldn't find anything. > > Thanks > If you are using mail clients (such as mutt), you may use "vicious". It has > mbox and > mdir widgets. > > For me, I put something like that: > -- Mail > mailwidget = widget({ type = "textbox" }) > vicious.register(mailwidget, vicious.widgets.mdir, 'Mail $1, 5, { > '/home/user/Mail/inbox/' }) > in my rc.lua. > > May help. > > Cheers. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. >
