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[Bug 285221] Re: Re: vm biff with pop folders on windows xp

 

** Project changed: viewmail => vm

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Re: vm biff with pop folders on windows xp
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285221
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Status in VM (View Mail) for Emacs: New

Bug description:
 affects viewmail
 importance wishlist

tempest <joelvsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I use emacs 22.2.1 and vm version 7.19.  I have set up emacs and vm to
> read my mail from the pop folders and everything is fine; the only
> problem is that the new mail indicator only shows up in the message
> bars of the vm window associated with the pop folder.  i find myself
> opening the separate vm windows to see if i have mail.  what i'd like
> is to have a message that appears in the emacs window dedicated to non-
> vm work and tells me whether I have new mail.
>
> is this possible?

No it is not possible by now, VM only affects its own status
bar.  In VM 8.0.0 there is vm-biff which will bring up kind of a
summary window where you might directly just to interesting
messages or suspend it ...

Robert.