On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 02:56:30PM +0800, Chengqi(Lars) Song wrote: > I'm using bare X + WindowManager instead of Desktop. I use osd-cat for some > other notifications. > > lars > > On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, J. Limon wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:55:39PM +0800, Chengqi(Lars) Song wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Im using getmail/procmail/mutt/msmtp as my personal mail toolkit. It > > > works well but lacks of notification on new mails. How do you deal with > > > that? > > > > > > I want to add a notification to new coming mail in my "inbox-vip" mail > > > box. How can I modify my procmailrc for that? the corresponding lines are: > > > > > > :0 > > > * ^(Subject|From|To|Cc|Bcc):.*vip > > > $MAILDIR/inbox-vip > > > > > > > > > how to add a command when those lines works? echo the "Subject" to > > > osd-cat to display new mail' title on screen for example. > > > > > > Thanks > > > lars > > > > What is your desktop of choice? I know there are several gnome apps to > > monitor mbox and maildir mailboxes.. > > -- > > "If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't > > be solved, worrying will do no good."
Hm you could use a DockApp or GKrellm's built in mail checker. I know conky has that support as well. -- "If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good."