Re: opening imap inboxes automatically (and an icon in the notification area)

[Bruno Miguel <brunoalexandremiguel gmail com>]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Bruno Miguel
<brunoalexandremiguel gmail com> wrote:
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> Em 28-02-2009 01:11:05 Peter Bloomfield escreveu:
>> Hi Bruno!
>>
>> On 02/27/2009 09:34:38 AM Fri, Bruno Miguel wrote:
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I'm noticing what is, to me, a strange behavior by Balsa. I've
>> checked
>> > the option that makes Balsa check IMAP mailboxes, but when I open
>> it
>> it
>> > doesn't really open them. I have to click, one by one, in all my
>> six
>> > email account Inboxes to see if I have new mail. I've even checked
>> the
>> > option to let Balsa fetch new mails at startup,  but it remains the
>> > same: I have to open, one by one, all my Inboxes.
>>
>> This may be a timing issue.  Balsa adds many mailboxes to the mailbox
>> tree
>> in a timeout handler that runs after the initialization, but on
>> startup-up
>> checks only the the mailboxes in the initial startup tree.  The
>> attached
>> patch moves the check to another timeout handler that runs after the
>> one
>> that adds mailboxes to the tree.  Please check it out to see if it
>> fixes
>> the issue.
>
> As soon I have some time, I will test it. Thank you.
>
>> > This can be quite frustrating, especially when I forget Balsa
>> doesn't
>> > have an option to put it hidden in the notification area and I
>> close
>> > it thinking it has (Kmail habits...). When that happens, I have to
>> > repeat the all process.
>>
>> I'm not clear about this.  What icons would you like to see Balsa put
>> in
>> the "notification area", and what would you like to happen when you
>> click
>> on them?
>
> Just like pidgin, for example. When running Balsa, a simple envelope
> icon would appear in the notification area, but as soon as the user has
> new mail, the new mail icon would replace the other. And, when clicking
> in it, balsa would hide or show, depending whether it was hidden or
> not.
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Well, the patch kinda worked... When I open Balsa, the app shows the
popup it uses for checking new mail. But it doesn't see the new mail
in the inboxes. I have to click in everyone of them to open them and
see the new mail.