Counting unread messages

[Ed Wilts]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 12:50:47AM +0000, jeff at virgin.net wrote:
> I need to be able to run something that counts the number of unread messages in 
> an mbox file. Im not really bothered about how it gets the info - be it 
> via a php function, shell script, arguments to a mail application, whatever. 

Here are a bunch of tools that claim to notify you of new mail:
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Internet/Mail/Notification/index.shtml

Something like this should help too:
http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/imapls/

Some of these come with source so you can always start with one and go
from there.

Lastly, check this site:
http://gnu.nkings.com/software/mailutils/manual/html_chapter/mailutils_3.html

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Ed Wilts, RHCE
Mounds View, MN, USA
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