Re: [SM-DEVEL] a possible patch for newmail -> take care of those special mailboxes

[p d. t. <pdo...@an...>]

> my mailbox contains about 40 different folders where the mails are stor=
ed
> by a procmail script. by default, the integrated newmail plugin is used=
 to
> show the user how many unread message there are in browsertitle / popup=
 ->
> a pretty good and important feature. bad thing , it also counts the
> 'unimportant' mails in the folders containing cronjob-mails, some diges=
t
> newsletters, and also spams (never delete it automagically - i store it
> for weekly review).
>
>
> so i wrote a patch for the existing newmail plugin to additionally coun=
t
> only the important ('special' mailboxes - as defined by
> 'user_special_mailboxes') messages. if the plugin is not installed or t=
he
> inbox is the only special box - the output stays the same as before.

If it's only a patch to the plugin, then you should send the diff and,
assuming it has an option to turn on/off in user prefs screen, then it
should get integrated into the plugin.  If you're checking for special
mailboxes, I don't think you need to test for the presence of the other
plugin.

 - Paul