On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 01:26:09AM +0200, Bernhard Valenti wrote:
> i connect to my IMAP server that has ~8 folders, the thing is that right now i have
>to go through all the folders every few minutes to check if there is
> any new mail in one of them. is there a solution for that so mutt like displays a
>message that folder X has a new mail... or is there some imap folder
> index which shows the read/unread count ? ( oh and it would be cool if you can make
>mutt execute a command when a new mail arrives )
That is typically a job for the mail delivery agent. If you give the
job to procmail you can instruct it to speak the famous
"You hav got mail" for every message that comes in. Or even different
sounds or screen flashing for every separate folder where you store
the mail if you use filters.
>
> regards,
> bernhard valenti
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