An extensible mail notification daemon
Mailnag is a daemon program that checks POP3 and IMAP servers for new mail.
On mail arrival it performs various actions provided by plugins.
Mailnag comes with a set of desktop-independent default plugins for
visual/sound notifications, script execution etc. and can be extended
with additional plugins easily.
This project needs your support!
If you like Mailnag, please help to keep it going by contributing code,
reporting/fixing bugs, translating strings into your native language,
writing docs or by making a donation.
Installation
Ubuntu
Mailnag has an official Ubuntu PPA.
Issue the following commands in a terminal to enable the PPA and install Mailnag.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pulb/mailnag
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mailnag
As of Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring), Mailnag is also available in the official repos.
Run sudo apt-get install mailnag in a terminal to install it.
Debian
Mailnag is available in Debian stable and unstable.
Run sudo apt-get install mailnag in a terminal to install it.
Fedora
As of Fedora 17, Mailnag is available in the official Fedora repos.
Just run yum install mailnag (as root) in a terminal to install the package.
Arch Linux
Mailnag is available in the official repos.
Please run pacman -Syu mailnag (as root) to install the package.
openSUSE
Mailnag is available in openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Run sudo zypper install mailnag in a terminal to install it.
Generic Tarballs
Distribution independent tarball releases are available here.
Just run ./setup.py install (as root) to install Mailnag,
though make sure the requirements stated below are met.
Requirements
- python (>= 3.5)
- pygobject
- gir-notify (>= 0.7.6)
- gir-gtk-3.0
- gir-gdkpixbuf-2.0
- gir-glib-2.0
- gir-gst-plugins-base-1.0
- python-dbus
- pyxdg
- gettext
- gir1.2-secret-1 (optional)
Configuration
Run mailnag-config to setup Mailnag.
Closing the configuration window will start Mailnag automatically.
Default Mail Client
Clicking a mail notification popup will open the default mail client specified in GNOME Control Center -> Details -> Default Applications.
If you're a webmail (e.g. gmail) user and want your account to be launched in a browser, please install a tool like gnome-gmail.
Desktop Integration
By default, Mailnag emits libnotify notifications, which work fine on most desktop environments
but are visible for a few seconds only. If you like to have a tighter desktop integration
(e.g. a permanently visible indicator in your top panel) you have to install an appropriate
extension/plugin for your desktop shell. Currently the following desktop shells are supported:
- GNOME-Shell (GNOME-Shell extension)
- KDE (Plasma 5 applet by driglu4it)
- Cinnamon (Applet by hyOzd)
- Elementary Pantheon (MessagingMenu plugin)
- XFCE (MessagingMenu plugin)
Furthermore, I highly recommend GNOME users to install the GOA plugin,
which makes Mailnag aware of email accounts specified in GNOME Online Accounts.
Troubleshooting
Gmail doesn't work
If Mailnag is unable to connect to your Gmail account, please try the following solutions:
- Install the GOA plugin to connect via GNOME online accounts
- Have a look at the FAQ
- Try to apply this workaround
Other issues
If Mailnag doesn't work properly for you, either examine the system log for errors (journalctl -b _COMM=mailnag)
or run mailnag in a terminal and observe the output.