On Sat, Sep 11 2010, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> Yes, if it only supports one folder at a time, let it be INBOX.  But it
> shouldn't do anything expensive like splitting by default, only update
> visual indicators like the mail icon in Emacs and perhaps call the D-Bus
> notification system (see http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/notify.el, it's
> pretty easy[1]).  notify.el would also be nice for end-of-splitting and
> you-have-mail events in general, not just for IMAP.

FWIW, Emacs 24 has notifications.el included, that implements the
desktop notification specification properly and entirely.

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Julien Danjou
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