"Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a clearly-superior mail monitor for the gnome desktop which > is compatible with getmail/mutt/maildir in the Debian "testing" > environment? > > By "clearly-superior", I mean one that is out of the beta testing > stage and works without hassle. The last time I went shopping for a > mail monitor, I installed and tried several, found nothing that > appeared to work properly, and ended up uninstalling everything. > > I would like a monitor which would allow me to specify the maildirs to > be monitored, and would emit a beep (or play a very short sound file) > whenever new mail arrives in one of those maildirs.
You might like mail-notification, it lives in the notification area of the panel, and pops up a small summary of new mail when you mouse over it. Should be in Debian testing. <http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/> -- If animal trapped call 410-844-6286
