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bbmail - mailbox flag for X
bbmail [options]
bbmail displays the status of a mailbox and warns when new mail has arrived. It has internal support for mbox and maildir mailboxes. Other mailboxes like MH or pop3 can be checked using an external program.
The tool is designed to mimic the look and feel of the Blackbox window manager when used in combination with blackbox bbmail copies the style from Blackbox.
A little picture of an envelope shows if new mail is present. Multiple mailboxes can be defined and different envelope colors are used to indicate new mail.
If the envelope is pressed with left mouse button a program for example a mail client can be started. When the right button is pressed on the envelope a menu shows up. The menu shows all mailboxes and the new mail/total mail of that mail box.
Another option in the menu is reconfigure, which causes bbmail to reconfigure (reread the config files).
bbmail supports the following command line options:
Global configuration: By default the configuration file bbmail.bb can be found in /usr/local/share/bbtools Local configuration: The default configuration file should be placed in ~/.bbtools/
The following options can be set in the configuration file:
type mbox options
bbmail.mailbox.1.newmail.statusFlag: " status" Set the status flag which in used in the mbox file to indicate mail is read. Example for Netscape: X-Mozilla-Status: [89ABCDEF]
type other options
bbmail.mailbox.1.mode: mode mode: 1- unread mail
total mail
2- unread mail read mail
3- read mail total mail
4- ignore second value (for both proc and reversed proc)
The config file of bbmail doesn't handle spaces after commands very well.
May 14, 2001 | John Kennis |