From: Pavel@Janik.cz (Pavel Janík)
Subject: Re: display-time-mail-function and GNU Emacs 21
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:42:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k7udfgm0.fsf@Janik.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m31yglkhv6.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 20 Jan 2002 01:04:29 +0100")
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 01:04:29 +0100
Hi Lars,
> > mail. Do we have any generic way to check, if the user has new mail?
>
> No, I don't think so. Gnus can fetch mail via approx. one gazillion
> methods, and most of these operate on the "we won't know whether
> there's mail there until we try to fetch it" principle.
OK, thank you (I thought it is so). I have extended display-time-mail-.*
for directory checking and will commit it soon do Emacs' CVS (see
emacs-devel@ for the first version).
--
Pavel Janík
Would you like to code up this, test it and send it to me?
-- Linus "lazy is my middle name" Torvalds in linux-kernel
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2002-01-19 11:46 ` Pavel Janík
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2002-01-20 10:42 ` Pavel Janík [this message]
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