On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:01:25PM +0000, chombee wrote: > This seems to be an alright solution. It keeps the muttrc files nice and > simple (no hooks). It's nice to be able to launch all three mutt > instances (and offlineimap also) with a single 'screen' command. On the > downside, you can't see when there is new mail for an account without > switching to the screen for that account.
true... > I know about screen's > 'monitor' function but you would only notice the notifications from this > if you were using the screen window at the time, they aren't persistent. i've set the bell_msg variable in .screenrc to "^GBell in window %n", which causes a beep when new mail is found and a message on the terminal in which window. i can switch to the virtual desktop running screen/mutt with a simple Alt-5, so i usually catch the message in time. ;-) > When I have a desktop window manager available I started doing something > similar. Just have a script (bound to a keyboard shortcut maybe) that > launches all three instances of mutt plus offlineimap in different > windows on a workspace. Since you can see all the windows at once you > can see when any one of them has new mail, you just have to switch to > their workspace to take a look. you could perhaps also set up a small mail watcher in your panel/dock/taskbar whatever it's called on the OS/WM you're using. ;-) > For some reason I want mutt to be able to do what Thunderbird 3 does. It > automatically creates a smart "Inbox" which combines all the inboxes of > my different email accounts and shows them as one, that's a nifty feature... :-) though i think i prefer to keep my work and private email separate, so it's good to have different mail boxes for them. -- Joost Kremers Life has its moments
