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

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

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 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.
>   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
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>>> giles at 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!


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