[Hoary] Evolution Mail Notification

nocturn ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Wed May 11 14:30:08 UTC 2005


David M. Carney Wrote: 
> NOTE: I originally posted this to the Novell Evolution list, but to
> date

> I've gotten no replies.

> 

> I can make Evolution (version 2.2.1.1 on Ubuntu Hoary) beep when new

> mail arrives. I've tried making it play a sound of my choosing but
> have

> so far been unsuccessful. The sound I'm trying to get it to play is

> a .wav file.

> 



A cool way to do this is using a filter.

Basicly, you can trigger any action/command on a new mail.



put as action: esdplay pathtoyourwavfile/file.wav



A nice bonus is that if you put 'stop processing' after every filter,
you can avoid getting mail alerts for mailing lists or spam.


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nocturn




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