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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:56:36 +0000Email notification in i3https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/Can anyone tell about good email notification tools working on i3wm?Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:56:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/Answer by bruno.braga for Can anyone tell about good email notification tools working on i3wm? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=45#post-id-45I started this discussion on the mailing list some time ago ([here](http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-March/000572.html)), and here is a brief: a) If you are using an email client: thunderbird or claws-mail will do the trick for you (with tray icon properly displayed as well) b) If you are only using browser email client, such as Gmail, check out checkgmail. Update 2013-07-25: for option (b), checkgmail is basically crashing (project looks dead), so I am dropping it in favor of manually handling this on the i3status directly. You can use conky or add to the i3bar using pipe. I created a script, based on conky solutions for Gmail, it is available here: [gmail-count](https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658) (comments, suggestions, welcome).Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:01:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=45#post-id-45Comment by bruno.braga for I started this discussion on the mailing list some time ago (<a href="http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-March/000572.html">here</a>), and here is a brief: a) If you are using an email client: thunderbird or claws-mail will do the trick for you (with tray icon properly displayed as well) b) If you are only using browser email client, such as Gmail, check out checkgmail. Update 2013-07-25: for option (b), checkgmail is basically crashing (project looks dead), so I am dropping it in favor of manually handling this on the i3status directly. You can use conky or add to the i3bar using pipe. I created a script, based on conky solutions for Gmail, it is available here: <a href="https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658">gmail-count</a> (comments, suggestions, welcome). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=2272#comment-2272Just released a script I've been using for Gmail, hope it helps: https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658Thu, 25 Jul 2013 05:07:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=2272#comment-2272Comment by bruno.braga for I started this discussion on the mailing list some time ago (<a href="http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-March/000572.html">here</a>), and here is a brief: a) If you are using an email client: thunderbird or claws-mail will do the trick for you (with tray icon properly displayed as well) b) If you are only using browser email client, such as Gmail, check out checkgmail. Update 2013-07-25: for option (b), checkgmail is basically crashing (project looks dead), so I am dropping it in favor of manually handling this on the i3status directly. You can use conky or add to the i3bar using pipe. I created a script, based on conky solutions for Gmail, it is available here: <a href="https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658">gmail-count</a> (comments, suggestions, welcome). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=710#comment-710Yes. Thunderbird does not come with tray icon by default. You need to install a plugin such as firetray: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/firetray/Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:44:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=710#comment-710Comment by mio75 for I started this discussion on the mailing list some time ago (<a href="http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-March/000572.html">here</a>), and here is a brief: a) If you are using an email client: thunderbird or claws-mail will do the trick for you (with tray icon properly displayed as well) b) If you are only using browser email client, such as Gmail, check out checkgmail. Update 2013-07-25: for option (b), checkgmail is basically crashing (project looks dead), so I am dropping it in favor of manually handling this on the i3status directly. You can use conky or add to the i3bar using pipe. I created a script, based on conky solutions for Gmail, it is available here: <a href="https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658">gmail-count</a> (comments, suggestions, welcome). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=607#comment-607Option a) does not work here. I am using Thunderbird 15.0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 and do not see any tray icon on i3bar. Is there any option or add-on I need to install?Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:26:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=607#comment-607Comment by Aaron for I started this discussion on the mailing list some time ago (<a href="http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-March/000572.html">here</a>), and here is a brief: a) If you are using an email client: thunderbird or claws-mail will do the trick for you (with tray icon properly displayed as well) b) If you are only using browser email client, such as Gmail, check out checkgmail. Update 2013-07-25: for option (b), checkgmail is basically crashing (project looks dead), so I am dropping it in favor of manually handling this on the i3status directly. You can use conky or add to the i3bar using pipe. I created a script, based on conky solutions for Gmail, it is available here: <a href="https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658">gmail-count</a> (comments, suggestions, welcome). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=48#comment-48How do I configure Thunderbird to highlight the workspace/tab like pidgin does with the URGENT flag?Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:58:40 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=48#comment-48Comment by Alexander Fortin for I started this discussion on the mailing list some time ago (<a href="http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-March/000572.html">here</a>), and here is a brief: a) If you are using an email client: thunderbird or claws-mail will do the trick for you (with tray icon properly displayed as well) b) If you are only using browser email client, such as Gmail, check out checkgmail. Update 2013-07-25: for option (b), checkgmail is basically crashing (project looks dead), so I am dropping it in favor of manually handling this on the i3status directly. You can use conky or add to the i3bar using pipe. I created a script, based on conky solutions for Gmail, it is available here: <a href="https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658">gmail-count</a> (comments, suggestions, welcome). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=2233#comment-2233I'm using trysterobiff (https://bitbucket.org/gsauthof/trysterobiff) and quite happy with that so farTue, 16 Jul 2013 10:30:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?comment=2233#comment-2233Answer by enkore for Can anyone tell about good email notification tools working on i3wm? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=2305#post-id-2305I don't want to spam this everywhere or make it seem like an universal answer... but i3pystatus can display how many new mails you got ;) Works with IMAP + Thunderbird.Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:56:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=2305#post-id-2305Answer by xeen for Can anyone tell about good email notification tools working on i3wm? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=53#post-id-53If you use Thunderbird and “set urgent flag” is enough mail notification for you, you can use the “New Mail Attention” add-on. It does have a few options, but it basically just works.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:55:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=53#post-id-53Answer by miguel for Can anyone tell about good email notification tools working on i3wm? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=55#post-id-55If you use mutt with the `set beep_new` setting, it is possible to activate the urgency hint in xterm or urxvt by adding the following lines to the `~/.Xresources` configuration file: XTerm*bellIsUrgent: true URxvt*urgentOnBell: true Then the color of the window decoration will change according to the `client.urgent` colorclass and the workspace button color defined by `urgent_workspace` (see [changing colors](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_changing_colors) and [workspace colors](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_colors) in the userguide), when the window is out of focus. This would also work when the beep from the PC speaker is disabled. Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:26:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/44/email-notification-in-i3/?answer=55#post-id-55