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email notification in kmail for special folders
Hi there,
I want Kmail to notify me (f.ex. by sound) when new mail arrives. OK, that works. But I want it just for special folders. The optimum would be to play different sound for some folders. F.ex. nothing in Inbox, an alert in SysAdmin.ServerAlerts and the "SpamSong" from Monty Python for the Spam-folder ;-)
Thank you
Marcel
Re: email notification in kmail for special folders
Original von meyerm
I want Kmail to notify me (f.ex. by sound) when new mail arrives. OK, that works. But I want it just for special folders. The optimum would be to play different sound for some folders. F.ex. nothing in Inbox, an alert in SysAdmin.ServerAlerts and the "SpamSong" from Monty Python for the Spam-folder ;-)
You can execute any program as part of a filter action.
So you just extend your current filter's action list and add an action to execute a command.
Use something like "artsplay sound.wav"
Cheers,
_
Qt/KDE Developer
Debian User
Hello anda_skoa,
thank you for your answer. That's almost what I wanted. :-) I can use these filters to search for the "X-Bogosity: Yes" header which indicates, that it has been identified as Spam through my bogogilter installed on the server. And when I say "use the filter" (pressing STRG+J) it works (it plays the desired sound).
Buuuut I let my server sorting emails into different IMAP-folders. I would have to create some filters several times (server, client). Not sooo bad, but the problem is that KMail doesn't filter the mails when a new one arrives.
I need a filter which is activeted when mails are put into an imap-folder (by the server of course).
Do you (or anybody else?) have a solution for this problem (or can just say "you're dumb - look into menu a) submenu b)" ;-) )?
Thank you very much
Marcel
KMail doesn't currently apply filters to IMAP folders automatically.
I think I read that it will in KDE3.2
Perhaps, if your server does allow to associate a command with a filter, you could play a sound there?
Another possibility is to use Korn.
Korn can check for new mails on IMAP and play sounds as well.
Cheers,
_
Qt/KDE Developer
Debian User
Quoted
Original von meyerm
Tuesday, April 16th 2024, 9:38am
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