Re: mail-notification: need alert popup or icon

From: Alexander Apprich (a.apprich_at_science-computing.de)
Date: 07/22/05

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    Saurabh Siddharth wrote:
    >> Saurabh Siddharth wrote:
    >> >> Saurabh Siddharth wrote:
    >> >>
    >> >> > Hi,
    >> >> > I am using fedora 4. I need an application that can alert me
    >> whenever
    >> >> > i get a mail(pop3). I tried usinf mail notification. But it doesnt
    >> >> > seem to work. I need something like a pop-up whenever i get a
    >> new mail
    >> >> > or maybe an icon in the taskbar(like thunderbird has in
    >> windows) or
    >> >> > maybe some animation in the taskbar like there used to be in
    >> fedora 3(
    >> >> > a jumping penguin etc)
    >> >> > I see that i can configure mail-notification to run a command
    >> whenever
    >> >> > a new mail arrives. but i dont know what command to give here
    >> so that
    >> >> > i can get the desired alert.
    >> >> > thanks
    >> >> > sid
    >> >> >
    >> >> If you're using KDE as your desktop environment then:
    >> >> http://kde-apps.org/index.php?xcontentmode=231
    >> >>
    >> >
    >> > I use gnome...is there an equivalent command for gnome??
    >> >
    >> gkrellm might be an option. It supports checking all kind of mailboxes.
    >> Doesn't matter if you're using kde/gnome/whatever
    >>
    >> Hth
    >>
    >> Alex
    >>
    > Thanx Alex...that works..
    > it would be better if i could have something in my panel..i have
    > selected the stay on top option...so it stays above other windows i
    > cannot have it in the panel..there used to be some kind of notifier in
    > fedora3 that stayed in the panel..i really liked that..anyway..this
    > solves my problem..
    >

    this might be an option, too

    http://www.employees.org/~ashokn/gmailwatch/

    Alex

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