Justin Miller <jutpm@eas.purdue.edu> [2002-10-30 13:34:34 -0500]: > > Does anyone know of a good replacement? I would like to be notified > of new mail but biff does this in a very inelegant way. For example, > if I am in vi it will spam my screen. Also, when I get new mail biff > only lets me know what folder it is in. I would like to be able to > find out who sent it, when, and what the title is. I personally use and like gbuffy. It sounds like just what you want. apt-cache show gbuffy GBuffy will poll multiple mailboxes for new mail. It will list the number of new messages in each mailbox you configure. It will also highlight the mailboxes which have new mail. Pressing the left mouse button on a mailbox with new mail will display the Sender and Subject of each new message. Additionally, GBuffy will display the X-Face header for messages which have them. Pressing the middle mouse button on a mailbox will launch the configured command, generally a command to read the mailbox with your favorite mailreader. Pressing the right mouse button will bring up the configure menu. GBuffy is currently capable of watching MBOX, MMDF, Maildir and MH Folders. This version also supports IMAP4rev1 and NNTP with XOVER mailboxes. Support for an external program for notification is planned. Bob
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