[sylpheed:36005] Fw: Mail Notification or Popup with brief display of "subject" - bump

[stef]

Reposting original question below this message.

I did install the newest 3.4.0beta7 but the feature has not changed from previous stable version--there is NO popup which can stay on top of your screen and display sunject of email (at least that I can see.)
There is a small "tooltip" type of notification which just shows number of new messages arrived and which email address, which disappears after 1 second or 2.

That's helpful but not what I'm looking for.

I am looking for a small windows which will let me see the subject of the email--so I can see an if item which just arrived is of interest or not.
Again, I receive non stop hundreds of email of inventory parts with description and prices.
Some I care about, some I don't.

If I see the notification that: part XYZ at $55 (in subject) has arrived in my email, I know to open that email ASAP and look for it.
Again, I get that with Opera (which I really do not want to use) but I cannot see a way to configure that in Sylpheed.

I do see some interesting config options in sylpheedrc like this:

[Common]
autochk_newmail=1
autochk_interval=10
check_on_startup=0
scan_all_after_inc=0
--> enable_newmsg_notify=1
--> newmsg_notify_command=aplay /home/UserName/Media/Sounds/sound528.wav
enable_newmsg_notify_sound=0
newmsg_notify_sound=
inc_local=0
filter_on_inc_local=1
spool_path=/var/mail
save_message=1
...

It does play the sounds file which is good; but trying to insert in the Execute Command field
notify-send "-i /usr/share/pixmaps/sylpheed.png "New Mail" -t 300000"
(or directly in the sylpheedrc file) does not produce anything....

Any feedback or help with this?

Is there a way to get the right tray notification icon and "tooltip" popup to a) display for a longer time period and b) display the subjects of emails received?

Thanks for patience and feedback.

--- On Thu, 2/13/14, stef <stef_204 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: stef <stef_204 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Mail Notification or Popup with brief display of "subject"
> To: sylpheed at sraoss.jp
> Date: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 1:32 AM
> Hi,
> Using Sylpheed 3.3.0 on Linux x86_64.
> I would like to have some type of mail notification or
> "pop-up" which ideally would include both a sound and a
> small pop-up with would display the "subject" of the email.
> I receive lots of emails (hundreds per day))on one
> particular email address--of inventory parts and prices and,
> when receiving these emails, seeing "xyz part at $50" (for
> example) when that is the text used in the "subject" field
> is very helpful, even if it displays for only 5 or 10
> seconds.
> I do get that when using Opera, for example, but I really
> want to only use Sylpheed due to its lightness and small
> footprint, etc. (great app, btw).
> I tried inserting some command in the Configuration|Common
> Preferences|Execute Command when new messages arrive, by
> sticking "cvlc /home/MyUSerName/Media/Sounds/sound528.wav"
> for example for sound--which seems to work (but I need to
> add something to "quit" vlc after it plays sound; and I also
> tried to add notify-send "-i /usr/share/pixmaps/sylpheed.png
> "New Mail" -t 300000" which does not seem to work at all.
> How can I combine both sound and popup? I'd need to know how
> to configure both separately first and then combine them--no
> idea how to go about it. Perhaps a script?
> Tx for feedback.
>