Description: GmailSniffer is a Gmail Notifier for linux, written in QT4, it checks unread gmail emails, if any, it will show a popup notification, or it can be set to use default system (linux) notification
can set popup window position can set to use system notifier can enable/disable sound alert can assign default browser can set email check interval your password will be encrypted
source: https://github.com/katropine/gmailsniffer
to get the compiled version press download bellow (tested on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora - KDE, MATE, Cinnamon)
Today in the morning I have compiled git-version 0cd7d39 and this version is running since that time. So, the whole day gmailsniffer tells me, that I have 20 unread mails in my account, when I am hovering over the systray icon.
When I select "Show sniffer" the windows displays 20 messages, always the first one is marked with a red envelope, the others are marked with a blue envelope.
When I check the emails with claws-mail, I have 12 unread mails, if I go to gmails web-inbox I find 9 unread conversations.
Why will gmailsniffer display 20 unread mails?
I cant see any problems, all emails are correctly counted and displayed.
if the email has inbox & custom label it will be shown as new email once in your custom label and once in inbox count. That is the difference i can see here.
you can always check directly
https://username:password@mail.googl.com/mail/feed/atom/unread
let me know what will be the count in xml.
PS. The red gmail icon represents the latest email.... just an eye candy.
I found out, that I am lost with googles memory, which I will have to clean up first.
gmailsniffer displays the XML-file correctly. Sorry for the noise.
As I saw, you are retrieving the information about new mails via https (https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom/unread).
I will have to enter the user credentials (user anme + password) once in the settings dialog. Where are the they stored?
If I select "show sniffer" a notification area will be opened, that displays all unread mails. Clicking on an entry will open the default browser and I will have to enter my user credentials again. Will it be possible to parse them from gmail sniffer to the browser to access gmails inbox directly?
As I saw, you are retrieving the information about new mails via https (https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom/unread).
I will have to enter the user credentials (user anme + password) once in the settings dialog. Where are the they stored?
If I select "show sniffer" a notification area will be opened, that displays all unread mails. Clicking on an entry will open the default browser and I will have to enter my user credentials again. Will it be possible to parse them from gmail sniffer to the browser to access gmails inbox directly?
Your credentials are stored on ~/.config/Katropine, password is encrypted.
At the moment you have to have a cookie in your browser so you can go directly to your email from GmailSniffers main window, it is a little paranoid
approach.
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Today in the morning I have compiled git-version 0cd7d39 and this version is running since that time. So, the whole day gmailsniffer tells me, that I have 20 unread mails in my account, when I am hovering over the systray icon. When I select "Show sniffer" the windows displays 20 messages, always the first one is marked with a red envelope, the others are marked with a blue envelope. When I check the emails with claws-mail, I have 12 unread mails, if I go to gmails web-inbox I find 9 unread conversations. Why will gmailsniffer display 20 unread mails?
I cant see any problems, all emails are correctly counted and displayed. if the email has inbox & custom label it will be shown as new email once in your custom label and once in inbox count. That is the difference i can see here. you can always check directly https://username:password@mail.googl.com/mail/feed/atom/unread let me know what will be the count in xml. PS. The red gmail icon represents the latest email.... just an eye candy.
I found out, that I am lost with googles memory, which I will have to clean up first. gmailsniffer displays the XML-file correctly. Sorry for the noise.
As I saw, you are retrieving the information about new mails via https (https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom/unread). I will have to enter the user credentials (user anme + password) once in the settings dialog. Where are the they stored? If I select "show sniffer" a notification area will be opened, that displays all unread mails. Clicking on an entry will open the default browser and I will have to enter my user credentials again. Will it be possible to parse them from gmail sniffer to the browser to access gmails inbox directly?
As I saw, you are retrieving the information about new mails via https (https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom/unread). I will have to enter the user credentials (user anme + password) once in the settings dialog. Where are the they stored? If I select "show sniffer" a notification area will be opened, that displays all unread mails. Clicking on an entry will open the default browser and I will have to enter my user credentials again. Will it be possible to parse them from gmail sniffer to the browser to access gmails inbox directly?
Your credentials are stored on ~/.config/Katropine, password is encrypted. At the moment you have to have a cookie in your browser so you can go directly to your email from GmailSniffers main window, it is a little paranoid approach.
Will it be possible to check subfolders/ labels as well for unread mails?
Yes, good point, download again, should work now.
It works now, thank you!
Quick Question: Does it support multiple gmail accounts? Thanks, TrekJunky
It does not. Next version will, it is in development.