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I have the following .xsession file
#!/bin/sh
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
while xsetroot -name "`date`"
do
sleep 1
done &
feh --bg-scale wallpaper.jpg &
/home/aamalyshev/bin/dwm
What program can I use to add an email checker near the date command?
Follow these instructions: (you will need fetchmail)
mutt instead of fetchmail. Do you know something about this solution?
Dec 7, 2012 at 18:26
I use mutt with offlineimap so this might not apply to you but for the offlineimap case you just have to check the files in $MAILDIR/account/INBOX/new, e.g.
maildirs="$HOME/.mail/*/INBOX/new/"
numofnewmail="$(find $maildirs -type f | wc -l)"
xsetroot -name "mail: $numofnewmail, $date"
where $MAILDIR is usually ~/.mail. Also, depend on your mail account and your configuration also the name of the inbox folder can vary (e.g. Inbox instead of INBOX).
Also, you didn't ask for it, but here's a wizard that can help you setup mutt with offlineimap.
