[E-mail] System tray mail applet

[hop-frog]

I'm using POP3 account and Kmail. I need a kicker applet that will check for mail every five minutes and display an icon on the system tray when I get new mail. I've tried Korn, but can't get it to check my inbox. Which directory/file do I point it to? Is there an alternative program I should try?

[bsm2001]

you can use gkrellm it has a mail check option and cool little icons. just right click on the top and select configuration->builtins->mail check the box enable mailcheck and config for pop account.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by hop-frog
I've tried Korn, but can't get it to check my inbox. Which directory/file do I point it to?

The Kmail mail directories should be in /home/<user>/Mail.

i.e.

ls Mail/

.Keep.index
.inbox.index.ids
.sent-mail.index.ids
drafts
.Keep.index.ids
.inbox.index.sorted
.trash.index
inbox
.Junkmail.index
.Keep.index.sorted
.mdwatts.index
.trash.index.ids
mdwatts
.Junkmail.index.ids
.drafts.index
.mdwatts.index.ids
.trash.index.sorted
outbox
.Junkmail.index.sorted
.drafts.index.ids
.outbox.index
Junkmail
sent-mail
.JustLinux.index
.drafts.index.sorted
.outbox.index.ids
JustLinux
trash
.JustLinux.index.ids
.inbox.index
.sent-mail.index
Keep

[hop-frog]

No luck. I need more specific instructions. The documentation with KOrn appears to be outdated. I am not interested in gkrellm as I don't have much screen real estate.

1) I tried pointed the mbox path to:

~/Mail/
~/Mail/.inbox.index
~/Mail/inbox/
~/Mail/cur/
~/Mail/new/

2) How does this program check my mail? Does it just check if there are new messages in this directory, or does it actually initiate a check to the POP3 server using the information that I provided to Kmail?

[mdwatts]

Sorry as I have no idea how it works since I've never used Korn.

I found "Mailagent can deliver mail to plain UNIX folders (also known as "mbox format") when searching G4L and


The first tab lists your current mailboxes. As default KOrn installs “Inbox” as the default mailbox. The default “Inbox” may not fit most users needs. With this default mailbox in place KOrn will check the path /var/spool/mail/user for new mail.

Finally, after you have created a mailbox (see the next section), you can modify it by selecting the mailbox you wish to edit and then clicking Modify.... This dialog contains the same options as when you click New....

Each mailbox type (i.e.: Pop3, nntp, imap) has different server options, but the rest of the options (including Poll, Commands, and View) are the same (excluding mailbox type “process”). In these server options dialogs you need to enter the appropriate information to fit your situation. Keep in mind the default ports that are entered some of the server options tabs are the normal ones used by the majority of the Internet.


in the Korn documentation.

Why not just use Kmail to check your mail every ## minutes (interval) and play a sound or popup a notification box?