ayatana-webmail-clear(1)

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version 24.5.17 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💌 ayatana-webmail-clear — the manual page, but make it a vibe

okay bestie so this is ayatana-webmail-clear from the Ayatana Webmail manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 1am 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

ayatana-webmail-clear — Webmail Integration into your Desktop 💅

like. that's the whole job description. webmail. integrated. desktop. iconic.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ayatana-webmail-clear [ options ]

yes she says [ options ] and I need you to hold that thought for one sec, because the description is about to humble us all 😭

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Ayatana Webmail is an application that integrates your webmail into MATE, Xfce, LXDE and other environments. for the full tea, go read the ayatana-webmail(1) man page — that's where the real lore lives 📖✨

now. the part you need to hear.

The ayatana-webmail-clear executable is an internal tool of ayatana-webmail. and the way that it has no command line options at all — not one — despite the synopsis teasing you with [ options ]... it's giving fake-out, honestly 🙈

fr fr: it should only be used from the command line if you know what you are doing. if that's not you, that's okay!! that's actually so okay. put it down. back away slowly. we love you. 💖

so what does it actually do? ayatana-webmail-clear is called internally by the ayatana-webmail app to perform the "Mark all as read" action — exactly like the "Clear" menu item would do in the "messages" indicator. same energy, different doorway 🚪✨

and here's the little caveat that matters, so don't skip it:

The message status update on the IMAP server does not happen immediately. it happens only the next time the IMAP server checks in — usually within 10-20 minutes ⏳

so if you're sitting there refreshing like "why is nothing happening 😭" — bestie it's coming. the server just hasn't clocked in yet. give her a minute. or twenty. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, for your reading pleasure:

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual has been written for the Ayatana Indicators project by Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>. thank you king, we appreciate you 🫡💜

and that's the whole page!! ✨ Version 24.5.17, dated May 2024, manual page ayatana-webmail-clear(1) — mwah, no notes, slay 💅🎀

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