Mail notification

[kevin79]

I use Evolution 0.99.2 for my email client and I was wondering if there is a way for it to tell you when you have new mail in your inbox. I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but I am new to linux.

Thanks.

[dvdnut]

you can use xmailbox, which is a little desktop icon which notifies of new mail but as to evolution doing it i dont know

[knute]

There are numerous programs to notify you of new mail for xwindows.
I have a gnome app that does it, and there is built in support in Gkrellm to do that very thing as well.
I have a tendancy to like using console mode alot, and found one program that will announce new mail via sound (announce1.6), but I can't compile it, because I need -lgen...
I've been told that I need a ligen.a library, but don't quite know what I need to do to get that recognized, or even what I need to download to get all of it. I've been working on this one for months and haven't figured it out yet.
Numberous searches on google and I finally found that libgen.a thing, but now what?
I've tried playing with ld, but I'm not sure what to do with it, as my mucking around with it hasn't gotten -lgen to work yet. :mad: :confused:

[Shadoglare]

It sounds to me like he's talking about a notification built into Evolution - I don't use the program but I don't know, but he probably talking something similar to what Outlook will do, giving you a tray icon and a notification sound without needing extra apps...