Re: [Evolution] YAFR -- Yet Another Feature Request

[Markus Lang <mlang pp htv fi>]

On 19 Dec 2000 19:49:28 +0100, Konrad Neuwirth wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>    my first submission to this list, and it's already a feature
> request :-)  Although what I'm describing here is also ripped from a
> Microsoft Windows MUA, it's not Outlook but The Bat! by Ritelabs
> (http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/).   Bat has something called the
> "Mail Ticker[tm]" that's basically a frameless window that, just like
> a stock ticker, has values for new mail running through---more often
> than not a two line display containing From and Subject for the mails,
> colored according to priority; and if you want, you can have a third
> line indicating which of your accounts and folders the mail has
> arrived in.  What I also happen to like about the Ticker is that it
> runs atop of screen savers as well, meaning that as soon as mail comes
> in, the bar runs across the screen and you immediately are notified of
> new mail without any sounds :-)

There is a need for this, but there are dozens of mailcheck programs out
there already - why not use them? I use gKrellM for system monitoring &
it has a good mailcheck function.

There are two mailcheck applets in GNOME applets (panel -> add to panel
-> applet -> network).

Markus