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Asked by Kayvee

Is there a way to get libnotify style notifications for new email to Evolution? I tried using the Jean Yves Mail Notification Plugin but instead of displaying an unobtrusive notification at the top right corner of screen, it pops up a new dialog box with a bunch of buttons. Is there a workaround or something?

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Tim Tierney (timtierney) said : 		#1

By default it should be showing them when you receive an email. I Evolution go to Edit -> Preferences. Click Mail Preferences and verify that "Display a Notification" is checked.

Also go to Edit -> Plugin Manager and verify "Mail Notification" is checked.

Hope this helps. :)

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Kayvee (vkkodali) said : 		#2

Hello Tim,
I got it working! I think I know why it was not working earlier. I had
it set to 'Inbox' for 'When New Mail Arrives In' option. Since all my
accounts are IMAP and nothing arrived into the Inbox 'On this Computer',
I did not see any notifications.

A related question (I am not sure if I should make this a new question
or not)... I have three IMAP accounts and I created a search folder that
fetches all mail from the Inboxes of my accounts. Now, the notifications
are set to appear when mail arrives in any folder. Is there a way to
specify only one Search Folder for this part?

Thank you

On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 03:06 +0000, Tim Tierney wrote:
> Your question #93721 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/93721
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Tim Tierney proposed the following answer:
> By default it should be showing them when you receive an email. I
> Evolution go to Edit -> Preferences. Click Mail Preferences and verify
> that "Display a Notification" is checked.
>
> Also go to Edit -> Plugin Manager and verify "Mail Notification" is
> checked.
>
> Hope this helps. :)
>

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Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) said : 		#3

I don't think so, actually I am working on this and I might be able to
implement this some time soonish :)

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Regards,
Vikram Dhillon

On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 15:54 +0000, Kayvee wrote:
> Question #93721 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/93721
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> Kayvee is still having a problem:
> Hello Tim,
> I got it working! I think I know why it was not working earlier. I had
> it set to 'Inbox' for 'When New Mail Arrives In' option. Since all my
> accounts are IMAP and nothing arrived into the Inbox 'On this Computer',
> I did not see any notifications.
>
> A related question (I am not sure if I should make this a new question
> or not)... I have three IMAP accounts and I created a search folder that
> fetches all mail from the Inboxes of my accounts. Now, the notifications
> are set to appear when mail arrives in any folder. Is there a way to
> specify only one Search Folder for this part?
>
> Thank you
>
> On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 03:06 +0000, Tim Tierney wrote:
> > Your question #93721 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/93721
> >
> > Status: Open => Answered
> >
> > Tim Tierney proposed the following answer:
> > By default it should be showing them when you receive an email. I
> > Evolution go to Edit -> Preferences. Click Mail Preferences and verify
> > that "Display a Notification" is checked.
> >
> > Also go to Edit -> Plugin Manager and verify "Mail Notification" is
> > checked.
> >
> > Hope this helps. :)
> >
>

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Kayvee (vkkodali) said : 		#4

Thank you Vikram, for the answer and for actually working on it!