Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided by the Fedora "EPEL" distribution, but this is gone from the version 6 repository, and the one from version 5 won't install just like that due to dependency issues. Maybe it's possible to resolve those, but I'm wondering if that's the way to go, or if there is a better alternative these days.
- Toralf
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On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided by the Fedora "EPEL" distribution, but this is gone from the version 6 repository, and the one from version 5 won't install just like that due to dependency issues. Maybe it's possible to resolve those, but I'm wondering if that's the way to go, or if there is a better alternative these days.
In the old days we used biff... then xbiff came along... new fangled things!
Something like: http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.py
Don't some MUAs come with small panel applets for this?
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are using remote mail servers.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Giles Coochey giles@coochey.net wrote:
On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided by the Fedora "EPEL" distribution, but this is gone from the version 6 repository, and the one from version 5 won't install just like that due to dependency issues. Maybe it's possible to resolve those, but I'm wondering if that's the way to go, or if there is a better alternative these days.
In the old days we used biff... then xbiff came along... new fangled things!
Something like: http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~**cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.pyhttp://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.py
Don't some MUAs come with small panel applets for this?
@Toralf:
I have Evolution Mail on my work desktop (not CentOS) set to display pop-ups (using libnotify). I don't recall though if I had to do anything more than click a check box in Evolution's preferences.
You might consider having your MUA do the notifying rather than having an applet go check your inbox for you.
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are using remote mail servers.
-- Regards,
Giles Coochey, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles@coochey.net
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On 27/01/13 07:13, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Giles Coocheygiles@coochey.net wrote:
On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided by the Fedora "EPEL" distribution, but this is gone from the version 6 repository, and the one from version 5 won't install just like that due to dependency issues. Maybe it's possible to resolve those, but I'm wondering if that's the way to go, or if there is a better alternative these days.
In the old days we used biff... then xbiff came along... new fangled things!
Something like: http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~**cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.pyhttp://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.py
Don't some MUAs come with small panel applets for this?
@Toralf:
I have Evolution Mail on my work desktop (not CentOS) set to display pop-ups (using libnotify). I don't recall though if I had to do anything more than click a check box in Evolution's preferences.
You might consider having your MUA do the notifying rather than having an applet go check your inbox for you.
I'm mostly using thunderbird for e-mail, and it actually also supports notification via pop-ups. But:
1. I think it's nice to be able to close the application completely when not working on e-mail. 2. "Global" popups are generally annoying/too obtrusive. A small icon that changes state is much better.
- Toralf
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are using remote mail servers.
-- Regards,
Giles Coochey, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles@coochey.net
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Toralf Lund toralf.lund@pgs.com wrote:
On 27/01/13 07:13, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Giles Coocheygiles@coochey.net
wrote:
On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided
by
the Fedora "EPEL" distribution, but this is gone from the version 6 repository, and the one from version 5 won't install just like that due to dependency issues. Maybe it's possible to resolve those, but I'm wondering if that's the way to go, or if there is a better alternative these days.
In the old days we used biff... then xbiff came along... new fangled things!
Something like:
http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~**cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.py< http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.py%3E
Don't some MUAs come with small panel applets for this?
@Toralf:
I have Evolution Mail on my work desktop (not CentOS) set to display pop-ups (using libnotify). I don't recall though if I had to do anything more than click a check box in Evolution's preferences.
You might consider having your MUA do the notifying rather than having an applet go check your inbox for you.
I'm mostly using thunderbird for e-mail, and it actually also supports notification via pop-ups. But:
- I think it's nice to be able to close the application completely when not working on e-mail.
I hear you! ;)
- "Global" popups are generally annoying/too obtrusive. A small icon that changes state is much better.
Understandable.
http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/ I'm guessing this is what you've used in the past.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/mail-notification Even though the package is listed it appears nobody has packaged it in EPEL (for example). http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/repoview/letter_m.group.html
Not as simple, but you might consider building it on your system.
- Toralf
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are
using
remote mail servers.
-- Regards,
Giles Coochey, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles@coochey.net
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On 28/01/13 14:18, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Toralf Lundtoralf.lund@pgs.com wrote:
On 27/01/13 07:13, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Giles Coocheygiles@coochey.net
wrote:
On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided
[ ... ]
You might consider having your MUA do the notifying rather than having an applet go check your inbox for you. I'm mostly using thunderbird for e-mail, and it actually also supports notification via pop-ups. But:
- I think it's nice to be able to close the application completely when not working on e-mail.
I hear you! ;)
- "Global" popups are generally annoying/too obtrusive. A small icon that changes state is much better.
Understandable.
http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/ I'm guessing this is what you've used in the past.
Actually, what I used on CentOS 5 was the below mentioned software. Before that, i.e. on EL 4, I believe something else was included in the main distro, but I don't remember what.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/mail-notification Even though the package is listed it appears nobody has packaged it in EPEL (for example). http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/repoview/letter_m.group.html
Well, it is actually included in EPEL 5, but not 6.
Not as simple, but you might consider building it on your system.
I tried both binary and source rpms from EPEL5, but it didn't work too well. Actually, the problem wasn't mail-notification itself, but rather eel2, which it requires. This used to be part of the main distribution, but isn't any more. Binaries from past versions have dependencies that are hard to resolve, and an attempt to rebuild from source rpm failed with the below error messages. Maybe I can find away around this, but I don't have time to try right now...
test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_child_pressed_callback': test-eel-image-table.c:126: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c:126: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once test-eel-image-table.c:126: error: for each function it appears in.) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_child_released_callback': test-eel-image-table.c:141: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_child_clicked_callback': test-eel-image-table.c:156: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'foo_timeout': test-eel-image-table.c:167: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_size_allocate': test-eel-image-table.c:195: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function)
- Toralf
- Toralf
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are
using
remote mail servers.
-- Regards,
Giles Coochey, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles@coochey.net
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On 29/01/13 16:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
On 28/01/13 14:18, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Toralf Lundtoralf.lund@pgs.com wrote:
On 27/01/13 07:13, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Giles Coocheygiles@coochey.net
wrote:
On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided
[ ... ]
You might consider having your MUA do the notifying rather than having an applet go check your inbox for you. I'm mostly using thunderbird for e-mail, and it actually also supports notification via pop-ups. But:
- I think it's nice to be able to close the application completely when not working on e-mail.
I hear you! ;)
- "Global" popups are generally annoying/too obtrusive. A small icon that changes state is much better.
Understandable.
http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/ I'm guessing this is what you've used in the past.
Actually, what I used on CentOS 5 was the below mentioned software.
Which is really the same as the one referenced above, I now notice ;-)
I've now managed to build my own rpm for this, by combining the last source code release from the above, the spec file from the EPEL 5 source rpm, a bit of trial, and let's not forget, a fair amount of error, too. I'll try to attach the spec file...
- Toralf
Before that, i.e. on EL 4, I believe something else was included in the main distro, but I don't remember what.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/mail-notification Even though the package is listed it appears nobody has packaged it in EPEL (for example). http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/repoview/letter_m.group.html
Well, it is actually included in EPEL 5, but not 6.
Not as simple, but you might consider building it on your system.
I tried both binary and source rpms from EPEL5, but it didn't work too well. Actually, the problem wasn't mail-notification itself, but rather eel2, which it requires. This used to be part of the main distribution, but isn't any more. Binaries from past versions have dependencies that are hard to resolve, and an attempt to rebuild from source rpm failed with the below error messages. Maybe I can find away around this, but I don't have time to try right now...
test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_child_pressed_callback': test-eel-image-table.c:126: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c:126: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once test-eel-image-table.c:126: error: for each function it appears in.) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_child_released_callback': test-eel-image-table.c:141: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_child_clicked_callback': test-eel-image-table.c:156: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'foo_timeout': test-eel-image-table.c:167: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function) test-eel-image-table.c: In function 'image_table_size_allocate': test-eel-image-table.c:195: error: 'G_GNUC_FUNCTION' undeclared (first use in this function)
- Toralf
- Toralf
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are
using
remote mail servers.
-- Regards,
Giles Coochey, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles@coochey.net
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On 01/28/2013 02:48 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
On 27/01/13 07:13, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Giles Coocheygiles@coochey.net wrote:
On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided by the Fedora "EPEL" distribution, but this is gone from the version 6 repository, and the one from version 5 won't install just like that due to dependency issues. Maybe it's possible to resolve those, but I'm wondering if that's the way to go, or if there is a better alternative these days.
In the old days we used biff... then xbiff came along... new fangled things!
Something like: http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~**cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.pyhttp://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.py
Don't some MUAs come with small panel applets for this?
@Toralf:
I have Evolution Mail on my work desktop (not CentOS) set to display pop-ups (using libnotify). I don't recall though if I had to do anything more than click a check box in Evolution's preferences.
You might consider having your MUA do the notifying rather than having an applet go check your inbox for you.
I'm mostly using thunderbird for e-mail, and it actually also supports notification via pop-ups. But:
- I think it's nice to be able to close the application completely when not working on e-mail.
- "Global" popups are generally annoying/too obtrusive. A small icon that changes state is much better.
- Toralf
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are using remote mail servers.
-- Regards,
Giles Coochey, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles@coochey.net
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I'm going to follow this thread carefully, as I too would like to change the properties of my notifications!
EGO II
On 25/01/13 16:10, Giles Coochey wrote:
On 25/01/2013 15:00, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone know of a way to add a "new mail" notification icon to the panel/system tray under CentOS 6? On CentOS 5, I used the "mail-notification" software package provided by the Fedora "EPEL" distribution, but this is gone from the version 6 repository, and the one from version 5 won't install just like that due to dependency issues. Maybe it's possible to resolve those, but I'm wondering if that's the way to go, or if there is a better alternative these days.
In the old days we used biff... then xbiff came along... new fangled things!
Something like: http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~cmsps/freeScripts/xbiff.py
Don't some MUAs come with small panel applets for this?
It isn't so common to receive email locally anymore, most people are using remote mail servers.
I don't really receive locally; mail-notification and other "advanced" notifiers of the past support contacting remote servers via IMAP or similar.
- Toralf
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