Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:28:08PM -0500, Ritesh Kumar wrote:
I think gmail supports RSS for getting unread mail. I clicked on the little
feed icon in my firefox urlbar and I got an RSS page. I guess a little grep
over that should do the trick. Do tell us if that works!
Hey, I had a little conversation with Jeremy via private mail, and here
is our conclusion:
$ cat ~/.fetchmailrc:
poll *MAIL.MYMAILSERVER.ORG* with
proto IMAP
user *JOHN_DOE*
there with password *VERYSECRETANDSECUREPASSWORD*
is *JOHNNY* here
keep
$ fetchmail -c
3 messages (2 seen) for [EMAIL PROTECTED] at +imap.fakegmail.com
$ fetchmail -c|sed 's/(//'|awk '{print $1-$3}'
1
Martin
Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
* Jeremy O'Brien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi. [...] email is out of the question. So for now I think I'll just rely on peeking at mutt every so often to see if I have no email. I can cope. :) You might also check out if this http://robm.selfip.net/wiki.sh/-main/DzenGmailNotify fits your needs. Bye, Rob.
Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
A minor remark: On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 07:08:28PM +0100, Anselm R. Garbe wrote: I believe dzen is a good option as status text replacment, but there is no interface for tagging, and other notifications (client title, etc.) in dwm. So consider patching way and wah for the purpose of reserving some space for dzen at the opposite position to the dwm bar. Note, don't get irritated by 'way' and 'wah', which are the dwm variables representing the _Y_-offset resp. _H_eight of the _W_indow _A_rea in use. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe http://www.suckless.org/ GPG key: 0D73F361
Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:32:14PM -0500, Jeremy O'Brien wrote: Is there a way to get new mail notifications from IMAP that would be suitable for the bar? Thank you! I don't know what you are thinking of exactly, but I used to use fetchmail -c | sed -e 's/[^0-9 (]//g' -e 's/(/-/'|bc` ~/.mailcheck in a cronjob (shows the number of new messages). Then I switched to offlineimap to sync the mail to my computer, you can then count the new messages in your Maildir or sed the output of offlineimap. Greets Martin
Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
I just check the size of the mail file to see if it is non-zero. And then I print an 'M' to my status bar like this: mail_file=/var/mail/tola if [ -s $mail_file ] then mail=M else mail='' fi Martin Sander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:32:14PM -0500, Jeremy O'Brien wrote: Is there a way to get new mail notifications from IMAP that would be suitable for the bar? Thank you! I don't know what you are thinking of exactly, but I used to use fetchmail -c | sed -e 's/[^0-9 (]//g' -e 's/(/-/'|bc` ~/.mailcheck in a cronjob (shows the number of new messages). Then I switched to offlineimap to sync the mail to my computer, you can then count the new messages in your Maildir or sed the output of offlineimap. Greets Martin -- engin tola - http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~tola emacs - http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour
Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:53:20PM +0100, Antoni Grzymala wrote:
Engin Tola dixit (2007-12-11, 14:46):
I just check the size of the mail file to see if it is non-zero. And
then I print an 'M' to my status bar like this:
mail_file=/var/mail/tola
if [ -s $mail_file ]
then
mail=M
else
mail=''
fi
I have a background fetchmail (via postfix and procmail) fetching my
e-mails to my maildirs (most of the mail gets into the INBOX, while the
mailing lists (like dwm) are sorted out into specific folders.
Here's the bit of my statusbar script for displaying the number of
unread messages in respective maildirs:
# Maildir UNREAD messages (deforked, pure bash version)
for dir in /var/spool/mail/antoni/new/ /home/antoni/mail/*/new/; do
count=0
for k in ${dir}/*; do
[[ -f ${k} ]] ((count++))
done
if [[ ${count} -ne 0 ]]; then
dir=${dir/\/var\/spool\/mail\/antoni\/new\//Spool}
dir=${dir/\/home\/antoni\/mail\//}
dir=${dir/\/new\//}
MAIL=${dir}: ${count} ยท ${MAIL}
fi
done
Best,
--
[a]
Haha. You gave me this script before, and it was the one that I was
previously using. Worked like a charm! Unfortunately, IMAP works
differently and doesn't populate my ~/.maildir directory anymore :(
Thank you though! :)
--
Jeremy O'Brien aka neutral_insomniac
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Linux ambelina 2.6.22.9 #1 Zilog(R) Z80
processor 4MHz GNU/Linux
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Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
Jeremy O'Brien dixit (2007-12-11, 12:37): Haha. You gave me this script before, and it was the one that I was previously using. Worked like a charm! Unfortunately, IMAP works differently and doesn't populate my ~/.maildir directory anymore :( Thank you though! :) LOL, excuse my Alzheimer. Do you need to access Gmail via IMAP? I fetchmail my mail the usual way with POP3. Obviously it does not presever the mailbox layout in Gmail. Not really sure, what your needs are. Best, -- [a] signature.asc Description: Podpis cyfrowy :: Digital signature
Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:47:00PM +0100, Antoni Grzymala wrote: Jeremy O'Brien dixit (2007-12-11, 12:37): Haha. You gave me this script before, and it was the one that I was previously using. Worked like a charm! Unfortunately, IMAP works differently and doesn't populate my ~/.maildir directory anymore :( Thank you though! :) LOL, excuse my Alzheimer. Do you need to access Gmail via IMAP? I fetchmail my mail the usual way with POP3. Obviously it does not presever the mailbox layout in Gmail. Not really sure, what your needs are. Best, -- [a] Heh, no problem. :) I am accessing Gmail just fine using mutt and IMAP. The problem I have now is finding a way to show the number of new emails in my status bar like your script did so wonderfully before. The solution that Martin Sander gave seemed adequate, but the script failed. I'm assuming it was a typo somewhere :( I would like to start using offlineimap too, as this seems to be the best of both worlds (offline mail reading + supercool synchronization), but my net connection at my house right now is crap, and downloading 500MB+ of email is out of the question. So for now I think I'll just rely on peeking at mutt every so often to see if I have no email. I can cope. :) -- Jeremy O'Brien aka neutral_insomniac GPG key: 0xB1140FDB http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/~jeremy/jeremy.asc Linux ambelina 2.6.22.9 #1 Zilog(R) Z80 processor 4MHz GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [dwm] dwm new message notification
I think gmail supports RSS for getting unread mail. I clicked on the little feed icon in my firefox urlbar and I got an RSS page. I guess a little grep over that should do the trick. Do tell us if that works! Ritesh On Dec 11, 2007 1:05 PM, Jeremy O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:47:00PM +0100, Antoni Grzymala wrote: Jeremy O'Brien dixit (2007-12-11, 12:37): Haha. You gave me this script before, and it was the one that I was previously using. Worked like a charm! Unfortunately, IMAP works differently and doesn't populate my ~/.maildir directory anymore :( Thank you though! :) LOL, excuse my Alzheimer. Do you need to access Gmail via IMAP? I fetchmail my mail the usual way with POP3. Obviously it does not presever the mailbox layout in Gmail. Not really sure, what your needs are. Best, -- [a] Heh, no problem. :) I am accessing Gmail just fine using mutt and IMAP. The problem I have now is finding a way to show the number of new emails in my status bar like your script did so wonderfully before. The solution that Martin Sander gave seemed adequate, but the script failed. I'm assuming it was a typo somewhere :( I would like to start using offlineimap too, as this seems to be the best of both worlds (offline mail reading + supercool synchronization), but my net connection at my house right now is crap, and downloading 500MB+ of email is out of the question. So for now I think I'll just rely on peeking at mutt every so often to see if I have no email. I can cope. :) -- Jeremy O'Brien aka neutral_insomniac GPG key: 0xB1140FDB http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/~jeremy/jeremy.aschttp://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/%7Ejeremy/jeremy.asc Linux ambelina 2.6.22.9 #1 Zilog(R) Z80 processor 4MHz GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHXtFtJUoJkLEUD9sRAhGJAJ9/wLHYinNV7dJsVc81PpyE2zj7xgCgh4sp xafLvQhi71rSCx1FbEzM/i0= =55kj -END PGP SIGNATURE-
