=> On [2011-10-22 23:01:52 +0800]:
 du yang Said: 
> On Saturday 10/22/11 19:26:52 CST, stardiviner wrote:
> > I have googled some ways to watch(monitor) mailbox(I use maildir) and 
> > Notify when have new mails.
> > First one is use some scripts. I found one on github that monitor maildir 
> > can notify.
> > This method should be more simple.
> > Second is use mutt's own status_format = "filter '....' |" to pipe to a 
> > script. then script will 
> > notify you. but I use sidebar patch, this method can not display 
> > status_format any more.
> > I have tried those method. 
> > Or maybe write one script to run in cron to watch maildir.
> > 
> > Anyway, I have not find good method still.
> > If you have any idea about this. Or if you have some good hints or 
> > suggests. please tell me, thanks.
> > 
> 
> If you are looking for a desktop widget, you can try gnubiff, xbiff2,
> xbiff, and etc. the first one supports multiple mailbox. the second
> seems just support only one mailbox. the last one xbiff only support
> mbox. So gnubiff is most probably suitable for you.
I will try this gnubiff. thanks du yang.
> 
> If you just need a notify program, you can also try libnotify. Use a
> script to check new mails and use the command notify-send to send
> notifications.
> 
> I personally like the small and simple program xbiff, so I use  
> a C program + xbiff + libnotify. which the C program is use to check
>  mailboxes and then write a mbox file which could be monitored by xbiff. 
> 
> Best regards,
> du yang
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