[SGVLUG] IMAP notifiers

[John E. Kreznar]

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Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com> writes:

> Sorry, i should have explained that I have many accounts that must
> be kept separate and that I need to monitor them from several
> locations: at home and at one or more office locations.

To keep accounts separate, I reserve a one-character field in the
mail-watch window for an account identifier.  The window shows a merge
from all accounts of the most recent couple-dozen mails, and it's easy
to see at a glance to which account each mail belongs, along with the
minute of arrival, the From: address, and the subject, all in one line
per mail.

> I also don't normally have a shell connected to every server so
> having a little window that could get covered won't help.

Other windows can be arranged so as to always leave a corner of the
mail-watch window showing.  I use a 5x7 font in that window, so it
doesn't take much space.  The merge from various servers is
accomplished by each being responsible for appending a line to the
mail-watch list for each arriving mail.  Interference between multiple
asynchronous sources is dealt with by conventional interlocks.  The
window can obviously be shown on any machine where you may wish to
monitor incoming mail.

> No, what I'm looking for is a notifier that sits in the taskbar and
> runs up the flag when something new shows up, preferable with
> something that indicates which account.

The mail-watch window gives not only the account, but the From:
address and the subject, and is available at a glance; no need to act
upon a flag that has been run up.

But I'm not advocating anything, just bragging about how nice my setup
is :)

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
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