Re: New mail indicator

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

Roman Belenov <roman@nstl.nnov.ru> writes:

> So it's not related to my question (I don't have /var/... at all under
> Windows NT). Is there a way to indicate that there are unread messages
> in Gnus ?

Well, I think there is no predefined functionality in Gnus for doing
this, but try M-: (gnus-group-unread "nnml:mail.misc") RET -- does
that return a useful value?  (You might wish to substitute another
group name rather than nnml:mail.misc.)  And then, there is M-:
(gnus-topic-unread "Gnus") RET which returns the number of unread
messages in that topic.

But I think it does not make sense to show the number of unread
messages in Gnus, except maybe if you're using the demon.  Are you a
demonic Gnus user?

Normally, I think it would make more sense to have a program which
contacts the POP server every now and then to determine the number of
messages waiting there.  Or maybe the IMAP server.  Maybe the nice
package epop3mail.el from Franklin Lee provides that functionality for
POP?  Dunno about IMAP.

kai
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