Introduction
Using mutt (or pine), but annoyed that it doesn't give you any notifications when you've received new emails? buzz is a simple tray application that detects new emails on IMAP servers using IDLE (push rather than pull). When it detects unseen messages, it shows a OSD style notification and changes the tray icon to indicate that you have new mail.
This project is a Rust fork of hasmail, which provides basically the same features, and is written in Go.
What does it look like:
Configuration
buzz looks for a
TOML
configuration file in ~/.config/buzz.toml
on startup. The
configuration file consists of a number of sections, each corresponding
to one account:
[]
= "imap.gmail.com"
= 993
= "jon@gmail.com"
= "gnome-keyring-query get gmail_pw"
= "ssh -t somehost wall 'New gmail message!'" #Optional
Account fields
The value in []
can be anything (though avoid .
as it will be parsed
as a new TOML section), and is shown in the tooltip when new e-mails
arrive for an account. The options for an account are as follows:
server
: The address to connect to. MUST currently be SSL/TLS enabled.port
: The port to connect to.username
: Username for authentication.pwcmd
: Command to execute to get password for authentication.notificationcmd
: Additional command to be executed on new messages for this account.
TODOs
-
click
command - hover tooltip
- customizeable folder