CLAWS-MAIL-MULTI-NOTIFIER(7)

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💅 claws-mail-multi-notifier — the manual page (Claws Mail, bestie)

okay so. this is the <pink>claws-mail-multi-notifier</pink> manual page, and yes it lives in the Claws Mail manual family, section 7 (iykyk). it's giving "several modules for new mail notification" and honestly? iconic. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

claws-mail-multi-notifier — several modules for new mail notification 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this manual page documents the claws-mail-multi-notifier package briefly. that's the vibe. brief. efficient. slay.

real talk though: this manual page was written for the Debian™ distribution, because the original program does not have a manual page. not me filling in the gaps for the whole ecosystem 😭 we do what we must.

claws-mail-multi-notifier is a plugin (a loadable module, bestie) for the Claws Mail mailer.

it provides various ways to notify you of new and (possibly) unread email. multiple vibes, multiple delivery systems, one plugin. obsessed.

here are the modules currently implemented, in the order the original page lists them:

  • Banner — a mail ticker.
  • Popup — a popup window on mail arrival.
  • Command — execute a custom command on mail arrival.
  • LCD — send a message to a LCDd server on mail arrival.
  • SysTrayicon — a system tray icon, with or without toaster popup.
  • Indicator — an indicator icon.

the way that there's literally a module for every possible notif style... main character energy for sure 👑

🦋 USAGE 🦋

before using a plugin you must instruct Claws Mail to load it on startup. it's not just gonna show up on its own, bestie, it needs an invite.

here's the whole ritual, step by step:

  1. go to the “Configuration” menu on the main window toolbar.
  2. open the “Plugins...” dialog.
  3. click the “Load plugin...” button.
  4. select the plugin file, named notification.so.
  5. press the “Open” button.

and that's it. five steps, one slay ✨

💀 CAVEATS 💀

⚠️ okay so listen up, because this one actually matters.

some IMAP servers (for example Gmail™) doesn't implement the "\Recent" flag on messages (peep NOTES below for the receipts). therefore, notifications about new mail will be unreliable on these servers.

fr fr. not a vibe, but you deserve to know 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

🍓 NOTES 🍓

see the support page “Does Gmail support all IMAP features?” at:

<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78761>

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Holger Berndt <berndth@gmx.de> — wrote the claws-mail-multi-notifier plugin. the originator. the blueprint. we stan 💜
  • Ricardo Mones <mones@debian.org> — wrote this manpage for the Debian™ system. the documentation icon we didn't deserve 🎀

Copyright © 2006-2020 Ricardo Mones

this manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others). generous of it honestly, sharing is caring.

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.

aaaand that's the whole page bestie, no crumbs left 💅 this was CLAWS-MAIL-MULTI-NOTIFIER(7) from the Claws Mail manual family, package version 4.4.0-1build1, dated 2026-08-21. go forth and get notified 🌈⭐

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