mail-notification(1)
NAME
mail-notification -- a mail notification system tray icon
SYNOPSIS
mail-notification [-?|--help] [--usage] [-i|--enable-info] [-p|--display-properties] [-r|--consider-new-mail-as-read] [-a|--display-about] [-u|--update] [--unset-obsolete-configuration] [--gdk-debug=FLAGS] [--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS] [--display=DISPLAY] [--screen=SCREEN] [--sync] [--name=NAME] [--class=CLASS] [--gtk-debug=FLAGS] [--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS] [--g-fatal-warnings] [--gtk-module=MODULE] [--oaf-ior-fd=FD] [--oaf-private] [--oaf-activate-iid=IID] [--disable-sound] [--enable-sound] [--espeaker=HOST:PORT] [--version] [--sm-client-id=ID] [--sm-config-prefix=PREFIX] [--sm-disable] [--disable-crash-dialog] [--load-modules=MODULE1,MODULE2,...] [--display=DISPLAY] [-s|--print-summary]
DESCRIPTION
- mail-notification is a program that sits in your desktop environment's
notification area (or say System Tray) and shows mail status icon. When
there's no mail waiting, it doesn't show any icon, and the envelope
icon appears when some of configured accounts have new mail. Also it
can automatically launch the program, specified in Preferences on new
mail arrival.
- mail-notification features include:
* multiple mailbox support
* mbox, MH, Maildir, Sylpheed, POP3, IMAP, Gmail and Evolu - tion support
* SASL authentication support
* APOP authentication support
* SSL/TLS support (disabled, see README.Debian)
* automatic detection of mailbox format
* immediate notification (depending on your settings)
* HIG 2.0 compliance
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.
- -? --help
- Show summary of options.
- --usage Show brief usage message.
- -v --version
- Show version of program.
- -i --enable-info
- Enable informational output.
- -p --display-properties
- Display the properties dialog.
- -a --display-about
- Display the about dialog.
- -u --update
- Update the mail status.
- -r --consider-new-mail-as-read
- Consider new mail as read.
- --unset-obsolete-configuration
- Unset obsolete GConf configuration.
- --display=DISPLAY
- X display to use.
- -s --print-summary
- Print a XML mail summary.
EXAMPLES
To run this application the standard way, type:
# mail-notification &
To start directly into the preferences dialog or to access it while
mail-notification is running, type:
# mail-notification -p &
AUTHOR
mail-notification was written by Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@brutele.be>.
This manual page was written by Pascal Giard <evilynux@yahoo.com> and
LIU Qi <liuqi82@gmail.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be
used by others). Great parts were directly taken from the manpage written by Dan Korostelev <dan@ats.energo.ru>. Thanks Kai-Martin <kmk@familieknaak.de> for the updated information.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later
version published by the Free Software Foundation.
- mail-notification home page
- http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify
SEE ALSO
- mail (1)