CLAWS-MAIL-ACPI-NOTIFIER(7)

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💖 CLAWS-MAIL-ACPI-NOTIFIER 💖

okay so bestie, this is a section 7 manual page from the Claws Mail manual set, and it's all about claws-mail-acpi-notifier. yes it's a mouthful, no you don't have to say it out loud. let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

claws-mail-acpi-notifier — mail notification using your laptop's mail LED 💡

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This manual page documents briefly the claws-mail-acpi-notifier package. like, the briefly is doing a lot of work here but we move.

This manual page was written for the Debian™ distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. so basically nobody wrote one and Debian said "fine, I'll do it myself" 💅 iconic behaviour honestly.

claws-mail-acpi-notifier is a plugin (loadable module) for the Claws Mail mailer. a loadable module, bestie — it does not exist until you tell Claws Mail to load it. it's giving side quest.

It enables mail notification via the mail LED available on some laptops. LED can be set to blinking or on when new mail is received. Also can be set to blinking when user interaction is required. so your laptop literally blinks at you when you've got mail 🔥 and it'll also blink when it needs you specifically. main character energy from a tiny light, ngl.

🎀 USAGE 🎀

Some kernel module has to be loaded first for this plugin to be able to work properly. like, the LED doesn't just know. the kernel has to be in on the plan.

Supported modules include:

  • acerhk, acer_acpi (ACER)
  • asus_acpi, asus_acpi (ASUS)
  • ibm_acpi (IBM)
  • tm_smapi (Lenovo)
  • apanel (Fujitsu)

(yes, asus_acpi is listed twice. no, that's not me being silly, that's literally what the page says. leaving it exactly as-is because facts are facts 💀)

Before using a plugin you must instruct Claws Mail to load it on startup. no auto-magic here, you have to actually ask.

For this you must go:

  1. "Configuration" menu on the main window toolbar
  2. open the "Plugins..." dialog
  3. click on the "Load plugin..." button
  4. select the plugin file, named acpi_notifier.so
  5. press the "Open" button

and that's it. five steps. you got this 🌈

⚠️ real talk: if you skip loading the kernel module, this plugin is not going to work properly. load the module first, then come back. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net> — Wrote the claws-mail-acpi-notifier plugin. the actual legend behind the blinking light 💖
  • Ricardo Mones <mones@debian.org> — Wrote this manpage for the Debian™ system. the one who put pen to paper so we wouldn't be left guessing 📝

Copyright © 2006-2020 Ricardo Mones

This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, fr fr.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 🎀 this page is from version 4.4.0-1build1, dated 2026-08-21, and it's the CLAWS-MAIL-ACPI-NOTIFIER(7) page. go make your laptop blink at you. slay 💅✨

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