How do you check for new mail (notifiers etc.)?

dptkby · 2009-12-10 07:36:35

There was a topic a while ago asking if you use a regular mail client or webmail. Now, personally I use both Gmail and a little bit of Thunderbird, but I'd like to find a nicer way of getting notified of new mails, both when it comes to IMAP and POP3 accounts.

So the question is; how you check for new mails? Do you just leave Thunderbird running, or Gmail constantly open in a tab in your browser? Or maybe some nifty notifier, some sublime script or some glorius gadget? Please tell us all about it .

toxygen · 2009-12-10 07:55:46

I use kdemod3, using kmail, which has built-in new mail notification (as far as I know it doesnt tell you what accounts have what, just a number of new messages, which is all I need). I believe kmail in kde 4 is similar.

rebugger · 2009-12-10 08:11:54

My thunderbird keeps running all the time on my second workspace. And i have the xfce4 mailwatch plugin running in my panel.

masterLoki · 2009-12-10 08:19:47

I use claws-mail which have a nice system tray and notifies me when I get new mail, but looking to replace it with thunderbird 3. Just waiting for the 64 bits build.

upsidaisium · 2009-12-10 08:31:27

i always have gmail open in a browser. usually when i turn on my computer i'll load up gmail in elinks, and just refresh every now and then. i don't get a lot of mail (important or unimportant), so this works fine for me

livibetter · 2009-12-10 09:00:26

I used to check gmail/google reader/social websites every five minutes, that really wasted me a lot of time. So I wrote my own program to track new mails in gmail and other stuff. If I see a new mail arrives, I click on the link. It's not a notifier but more like a reader of updates. Here is a screenshot of it: http://twitpic.com/swjsx

vik_k · 2009-12-10 09:08:32

i use mutt/offlineimap/msmtp as my mail setup. offlineimap syncs every 1hr & i use conky to show new msgs in dzen.

ngoonee · 2009-12-10 09:58:18

Similar to vik_k, I use offlineimap and conky to show new messages.

combuster · 2009-12-10 10:03:31

I use evolution and I have it placed in tray with evolution-tray: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31611

If someone is eager to try x86_64 build for mozilla thunderbird 3 I have it here (for gtk2 and lightning plugin included - static build)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/tcmi3y1oi … d3.tar.bz2

Just unpack it to /opt

Tyriel · 2009-12-10 10:29:27

I am another who uses kmail.

Allan · 2009-12-10 10:43:27

thunderbird open with notifications turned on and firetray displaying number of unread messages.

Gen2ly · 2009-12-10 10:53:56

If you use KDE there are two programs that I know of that provide system tray notifications: kcheckgmail and kgmailnotifier.

zowki · 2009-12-10 11:05:34

I dont use any mail client, I just manually use my web browser to check for mail every 20 minutes or so.

mechmg93 · 2009-12-10 11:08:59

i use kmail(through kontact) in order to send/receive mails for four email accounts. I always have it in system tray open, auto checking for new emails.

nixpunk · 2009-12-10 13:14:10

I use my personal tracking device for notification of new emails.

pyther · 2009-12-10 13:27:32

I have a small python script that I wrote that returns the # of unread messages. I tied that in with conky and have it refresh every 5 minutes. Then on top of that I usually of the thunderbird notifications.

flamelab · 2009-12-10 13:52:12

Gmail checker extension on Chromium.

Kmail.

ataraxia · 2009-12-10 14:32:10

For personal mail: gmail always open, with the "Title tweaks" lab feature on so I can see the unread count.

For work mail: alpine always open, with urxvt set to "urgentOnBell" and a WM (awesome) that produces prominent WM_URGENT indication. (This may sound like overkill, but it's basically my job to answer email immediately.)

lswest · 2009-12-10 14:35:05

I use checkgmail to check my main gmail account. Most of my other email accounts forward emails from contacts to that account, so it's the only one I really need to check. I also have a gmail-check script run in conky which displays unread messages too. Besides that, I used to use Mutt for a mail client, but I no longer do (simply found myself using the web interface on gmail more than mutt).

jt512 · 2009-12-11 05:13:28

gnubiff-gtk from [community]

rscholer · 2009-12-11 05:46:18

I'm currently using a litte shellscript, which I have to manually run:

#!/bin/zsh
#This script only supports maildirs.
local _MAIL="${HOME}/.mail"
local md
local cnt
local total

for md in $_MAIL/*; do
    cnt="$(ls $md/new/ | wc -l)"
    [[ $cnt > 0 ]] && echo "$(basename $md): $cnt"
    (( total = total + cnt ))
done

if [[ $total > 0 ]]; then
    echo "Total: $total"
else
    echo "No new mail"
fi

Last edited by rscholer (2009-12-11 05:48:36)

Raqua · 2009-12-11 07:29:56

I have been looking for a decent notifier as well.
See "pacman -Ss gmail".

I tried them, I tried Specto as well and finally ended up using Checkgmail. Mostly because of security reasons, it was the only one using gnome keyrings, I do not want my passwd stored in clear text somewhere. I also have pidgin buddy list open on the side of my desktop all the time, and it is able to notify you of gmail emails as well.

zodmaner · 2009-12-11 12:05:05

Another Claws Mail user here.

chpln · 2009-12-11 12:35:01

Emacs + Gnus is my MUA. For notifications I use fetchmail running as a cron-job, gnus-demon, and some elisp to format everything for xmobar.

spupy · 2009-12-11 15:50:56

A cron-ed python script checks my 2 gmail accounts every 20 minutes. The number of unread emails (if any) is shown with a notification and a number overlayed oved the thunderbird icon (like in OS X' dock).
It looks like this: http://omploader.org/vMnl4ZA

Otherwise I use Thunderbird 3 to read/write emails.

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