[CentOS] Mail notification in panel/system tray on CentOS 6

[SilverTip257]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Toralf Lund <toralf.lund at pgs.com> wrote:

> On 27/01/13 07:13, SilverTip257 wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Giles Coochey<giles at 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>
> >>
> >> 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.
>

I hear you! ;)


>  2. "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 at coochey.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
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