> I know you mentioned you didn't want mail-notify already but have you > really looked into it? It doesn't "check your mail" a second time > around (necessarily) - you can set it to look at your evolution folders > instead of checking for mail. That way it lets you know when the mail > has arrived according to evolution, but without actually making a pop or > imap connection itself. > > It is available at http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/ for those > interested. > > HTH,
I also looked at several mail notification programs and had a similar dislike to them as the OP. I've installed the one you suggested and it does look like it might fit the bill. I installed it using yum so the version is mail-notification 2.0-2.fc4. Can you elaborate a little bit on your setup? I'm having some trouble getting it to work correctly. I have Evolution 2.2.3. I pointed mail- notification to my mail file at /home/username/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox mail-notification loads ok, but says there are 9 new messages. Only one message appears to be accurate, and none of them are unread. I do have 9 messages in my Inbox in Evolution, but they do not match what mail- notification is showing me. I believe I'm specifiying the right mailbox. If I get a new message, or delete a message, it appears that these files are the ones that are updated. As a matter of fact I expunged the mailbox and 'Inbox' got a great deal smaller. What am I missing? Obviously this is better for a mail-notification mailing list, but if anyone has input I'd appreciate it. Thanks, James _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
