add checking mail notification

$sudo aptitude install libnotify-bin

$sudo aptitude install mailcheck

Create the file: ~/.mailcheckrc, and add the following lines:

$(HOME)/mail/inbox
$(HOME)/mail/work

Here is the shell file content

#/bin/bash

last=0
cur=0

while [ : ]
do
    mailcheck | grep new 2>&1 >/dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]
    then
        cur=$(mailcheck  | awk 'BEGIN {sum=0} ; $4~/new/ {sum=sum+1}; END {print sum}')
        if [ $cur -ne $last ]
        then
            notify-send -i "/usr/share/pixmaps/mutt.xpm" "New Mail: $cur"
            last=$cur
        fi
    fi
    sleep 300
done

Add the following line into your .bash_profile

. ~/mail/mail-notify.sh &

$sudo aptitude install mail-notification

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配置相当简单，类型选择autodetected，路径选择mail文件夹，比如/home/shine/mail/work,搞定