From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: brian@lorf.org (Brian)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 05:51:35 -0500
Subject: [sup-talk] new mail notification hook
In-Reply-To: <20070528103200.GA32323@mona.jeffcovey.net>
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Excerpts from jeff covey's message of Mon May 28 05:32:00 -0500 2007:
> on Sun, May 27, 2007 at 09:32:36PM -0500%, Brian said:
> 
> > I don't know how anything like biff could detect that I have unread mail
> > in some IMAP folder. 
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?&q=imap%20biff
> 
> http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Internet/Mail/Notification/
> , in particular, links to 14 biff programs with imap support.

I didn't defend my feature request very well. Yeah, some other program
could also poll all my sources. But then half the time I'd get the
notification and then be looking at a sup with no new mail, because *it*
hadn't gotten around to polling and seeing the new mail yet.

I'm a minimalist and hate bloat. This feature request is like maybe 5
extra lines. This exact feature has been useful in other MUAs like
Sylpheed and Claws. It would be easy to ignore. It wouldn't slow down
anything by any meaningful amount.