[mythtv-users] [Mythtv-Users} Mythmail Dead? anyone confirm deny....

[Bill Chmura]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:41:44 +0000
"jonny Linux" <jonnylinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Seriously, what I do is to modify the menu itself to run my favorite app
> > - tuxracer for the kids, icedove for email, firefox for browser, gthumb
> > for picture viewer, etc.
> 
> 
> That's a good idea, but I was recently wondering if anything could be done
> using mythtvosd. I'd quite like to be notified of the subject and sender as
> the mail comes in. I tried to use a Thunderbird extension to automatically
> run a script, but it didn't work (probably only works in Windows)! Does
> anyone know of anything that would check my mail every 10 minutes, and run
> an arbitrary script when new mail arrives?
> 
> Jonny

Spam on my tv too!  Fantastic!

Anyway, what will be checking the mail?  The backend?  If not, what platform?

I wrote something before to turn lights on and off when I had mail, but with the increase in spam it became pointless.

Also, then how do you have it filter by user?  I like the VOSD idea, but there is a bunch of little issues with doing that... 

* My wife does not want to see my mail - I also don't want her to see that I got a Newgg order confirmation in :)

* Spam

* I don't want to see her email about this and that..

* I don't want to see notification for every mail from Mythtv-users (I love you guys, but sometimes its best to have a little time without).

* Spam

* and on and on...

It would not be bad to whip up something in perl that checked accounts and sent VOSD signals.  I would definitely limit it to a white list of senders and / or domains though.  

The grail of integration would be a click "L" or whatever to view, then have it popup in a window onscreen :) - but that is beyond my skill level