Re: imap new mail checking biff

[Darryl Jon Mocek <darryl.mocek@eng.sun.com>]

I guess what I'm complaining about is that if I know I have new email in my 
IMAP mail server, I have to shut down the Summary window, go to the *Group*
window, and re-retrieve all emails.  There must be another way!

Thanks,
-d

E. David Bell <d.bell@motorola.com> writes:

>   >> ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/faces/xfaces/
> 
>   Jens-Ulrik> It's quite old, but does it support IMAP4?  Or have you
>   Jens-Ulrik> added IMAP4 support?
> 
> Actually, my mail server supports both IMAP4 and POP3.  I use nnimap
> for gnus and xfaces via POP3.
> 
> Unfortunately, this might not be possible for you...
> 
> 
>   Jens-Ulrik> ps Does everyone else prefer not to know when there is
>   Jens-Ulrik> new mail in the IMAP4 INBOX or am I missing something?
> 
> There's _always_ new mail in my INBOX so a simple biff (which would be
> lit up all the time) isn't all that useful for me.  The reason I like
> xfaces is that I can tell at a glance what (or who) is in there.
> 
> -David
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