Re: [Evolution] notifying external programs of new mail...

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 02:40, simran wrote:
> Hi All, 
> 
> I have the need to alert an external program ("Inbox Monitor" under
> gnome, 
> which is much like xbiff as far as i'm concerned :-) when new mail has
> arrived
> in certain folders. 
> 
> I have the following setup:
> 
> Inbox 
>   -> LC
>   -> SS
>   -> REF
>   -> Lists
>       -> evolution
>       -> mod_perl
>       -> htmltmpl
> 
> 
> Where LC, SS, REF, Lists are subfolders of Inbox, and 
> evolution, mod_perl, htmltmpl are subfolders of Lists. 
> 
> I have filters setup so that all my important mail goes into one of
> LC, SS or REF
> and any list stuff (which i don't want to be alerted about but
> regularly check whenever
> i can) goes into evolution, mod_perl or htmltmpl. 
> 
> I then wrote the attached script that checks the size of the Inbox
> files relating
> to LC, SS and REF and writes the total size out to a file (which Gnome
> Inbox Monitor
> looks at and alerts me via a visual icon in a panel).
> 
> The problem i am facing now is: 
> 
> * When Junk mail arrives, i do not want to be notified of it...
> however, i find that 
>    Junk mail is stored in the folder it originally got filtered to
> (eg. LC) and so the size
>    of LC increases.... 
> 
> My questoin... is the mail "copied" to the Junk folder and if so...
> can i get it autodeleted
> from the folder... 
> 
> If Junk is a "virtual" folder... how can i either:
>   * Tell from the message headers that a message went to Junk

you can't

>   or
>   * Tell from a certain file that the message is filed in Junk

you can't

> 
> I can then modify my script to look at message headers instead of file
> size etc... 
> 
> simran.

Jeff