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Hi Jean,

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 13:02, Jean Levasseur <levasseur.jean@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 2011/1/18 frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>>  *Expéditeur:* Jeremy Nickurak < <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxx>jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> *Date:* 17 janvier 2011 18:38:01 HNE
>>>
>>> *Destinataire:* Jean Levasseur < <levasseur.jean@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> levasseur.jean@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> *Objet:* *Rép : [Ayatana] Evolution indicator*
>>>
>>> "evolution-alarm-notify", however, is a service. Maybe we need an
>>> evolution-mail-notify service to fill the same area? Might be more work to
>>> implement it that way however. How does evolution-data-server fit into this?
>>> Is there already most of the code to do this as a "service" that sits in the
>>> background and lacks the overhead of a full UI?
>>>
>>>
>> there's gmail-notify, it has been around for a while and is supported by
>> the MeMenu
>>
>
> Yes, but it does work for gmails account only.  What if I'm using an e-mail
> provided by my ISP?
>

Gmail-notify is a working example of what you are describing, that's why i
mentioned it.
The functionality is exactly what you are talking about, adding a
configuration option for "other" would complete your quest.
That done, i took the thread back to the "what" and away from the "how",
which is better kept in Ayatana-dev.

Let's keep it simple and build on what we already have!


agreed.


> I don't know the technical details about evolution-data-server, but when I
> encountered that entry in my session set-up, I firstly though that was
> exactly what I was looking for.  Perhaps I was wrong, but can it play a role
> into that?
>

AFAIK EDS is for contacts and calendar services, not really for mail. I'd
love to be proven wrong, since i also want the feature you are suggesting to
be implemented soon, it has been discussed here a lot last year, what was
somehow missing was a big picture. The big picture is what i put down in my
previous mail.
This document might or might not help you understand EDS:
http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/arch.shtml
from what i understand, CAMEL is a part of EDS, which can do what you ask,
in that the document is already contradicting itself :P

otherwise, ayatana-dev might be a better place for questions about
implementation.