mail-notification: need alert popup or icon

[Alexander Apprich]

Saurabh Siddharth wrote:
>>  Saurabh Siddharth wrote:
>>  >> Saurabh Siddharth wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>  > Hi,
>>  >>  > I am using fedora 4. I need an application that can alert me 
>> whenever
>>  >>  > i get a mail(pop3). I tried usinf mail notification. But it doesnt
>>  >>  > seem to work. I need something like a pop-up whenever i get a 
>> new mail
>>  >>  > or maybe an icon in the taskbar(like thunderbird has in 
>> windows) or
>>  >>  > maybe some animation in the taskbar like there used to be in 
>> fedora 3(
>>  >>  > a jumping penguin etc)
>>  >>  > I see that i can configure mail-notification to run a command 
>> whenever
>>  >>  > a new mail arrives. but i dont know what command to give here 
>> so that
>>  >>  > i can get the desired alert.
>>  >>  > thanks
>>  >>  > sid
>>  >>  >
>>  >> If you're using KDE as your desktop environment then:
>>  >> http://kde-apps.org/index.php?xcontentmode=231
>>  >>
>>  >
>>  > I use gnome...is there an equivalent command for gnome??
>>  >
>> gkrellm might be an option. It supports checking all kind of mailboxes.
>> Doesn't matter if you're using kde/gnome/whatever
>>
>> Hth
>>
>> Alex
>>
> Thanx Alex...that works..
> it would be better if i could have something in my panel..i have 
> selected the stay on top option...so it stays above other windows i 
> cannot have it in the panel..there used to be some kind of notifier in 
> fedora3 that stayed in the panel..i really liked that..anyway..this 
> solves my problem..
> 

this might be an option, too

http://www.employees.org/~ashokn/gmailwatch/

Alex


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