From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Notification of new email at gmail? Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:47:32 +0200 Message-ID: <871vrhjq57.fsf@tux.homenetwork> References: <86prf2dfi3.fsf@zeus.knighten.org> <87d4b1n7b6.wl%anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240635321 12088 80.91.229.12 (25 Apr 2009 04:55:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:55:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 25 06:56:35 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LxZwH-0008Nb-PK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:56:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38174 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxZus-0004j0-J5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:55:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxZuU-0004iv-9D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:54:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxZuO-0004ij-IY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:54:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55333 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxZuO-0004ig-Fb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:54:36 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:41672 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LxZuN-0005X9-V2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:54:36 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LxZuL-00087q-AV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:54:33 +0000 Original-Received: from 138.211.85-79.rev.gaoland.net ([79.85.211.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:54:33 +0000 Original-Received: from thierry.volpiatto by 138.211.85-79.rev.gaoland.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:54:33 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 41 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 138.211.85-79.rev.gaoland.net Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAElBMVEUHAwNfJRBVTESlTym0 RB/OwKFivhZqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsSAAALEgHS3X78AAAACXZwQWcAAAAwAAAAMADO7oxXAAABeElE QVQ4y3VTW47CMAyMwwUyTfYfUvG/wfC/ET4B0t7/KmsHurRgXFVVPRm/xglhsRj2+npW98G3+Amp tS5BXxl3SqzcXGRuEyf7n5lPA9jXetNPRhE7EJkzfz8YWnIgBSwW95TK4H79/t4GINKNADWj4PgA DiJX/ZxFDzDXeb4oYMw7kNUvyMzcaj3ioICG4hCKEShkPpwQ49Q05nnkGAQLDFDdExjm0qpowBYA Wi61bDlFU1GW0WbY2dSJYX5ZD2S0AiZL+rPyE19TpMzP2IvNWly+NkuWNgD4pO2oL73IQXoSyVX2 NHna7tgadWRXoCdvf2guqEcvGHqZwE520iRD0/QCYiiTE+U21w1Qxvg6iSp9fbIiDCnSAelDkCVF Vn+HekqXzRybwJ40xF4DMRG6SWGK9G1lYzHSxLYEm05GWbpJCB6A9tb9A3BGn2XdwJbS/WuInj74 4QNF8sVFdP3vl+5tgYp4Ev7fyrfFMkXgElDgV4uV/w8TWEeLCIGJ/AAAACV0RVh0Y3JlYXRlLWRh dGUAMjAwOC0wNS0zMVQyMDoxNDoyMiswMDowMAS7YjIAAAARdEVYdGpwZWc6Y29sb3JzcGFjZQAy LHVVnwAAACB0RVh0anBlZzpzYW1wbGluZy1mYWN0b3IAMngyLDF4MSwxeDFJ+qa0AAAAJXRFWHRt b2RpZnktZGF0ZQAyMDA3LTEwLTI4VDE2OjA4OjQ4KzAwOjAw44nspgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:emC4otqTXCOLZROT/zHs9i9XTGs= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:64013 Archived-At: Hi, Anselm Helbig writes: > Hi Bob! > >> I am now using emacs to dirctly send and receive email using gmail as >> the mail server. This works well except that new mail notification on >> the mode line no longer works as the mail doesn't appear in any file on >> the computer until VM is invoked. Is there any application available >> that can provide the notification function on the mode line? I've found >> independent applications that will popup a notification on my desktop, >> but I would much prefer to keep it in the emacs mode line. > > I don't use VM myself, but a quick look at the documentation seems to > indicate that you need to set the `vm-auto-get-new-mail' variable: > > *Non-nil value causes VM to automatically move mail from spool files > to a mail folder when the folder is first visited. Nil means > you must always use `vm-get-new-mail' to pull in newly arrived messages. > > If the value is a number, then it specifies how often (in > seconds) VM should check for new mail and try to retrieve it. > This is done asynchronously and may occur while you are editing > other files. It should not disturb your editing, except perhaps > for a pause while the check is being done." > > I used a similar setting in my setup once - I'm using wanderlust - but > it became too annoying: if your internet connection hangs or mail > provider becomes unresponsive your whole emacs session hangs. So maybe > you'd rather go back and use fetchmail/getmail or some external > utility - wmmail is one, but there sure are others that also get the > job done. Have a look at warn-mail.el. It work with fetchmail. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/warn-mail.el -- A + Thierry Volpiatto Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France