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Is there an easy way to set up an email client so you get system notifications in GNOME once you receive an e-mail? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As simple as the title sounds I'm having huge trouble getting that working.

Thunderbird only fetches new mail while it's open.

Who the heck knows how to get evolution/geary to play nice with business gmail/protonmail.

Does anyone have a simple way of solving this problem?

edit. Also, somewhat related, is there a good looking, simple e-mail client? Thunderbird looks busy. Geary kinda looks okay but I cant get it to work at all.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

gmail

I don't know much about Gmail but I'm quite certain, that you only have to enable IMAP/SMTP in Gmail settings.

protonmail.

Install the Proton Mail Bridge and connect to the IMAP/SMTP server on localhost (ports 1143 and 1025).

Does anyone have a simple way of solving this problem?

I had only minor problems getting the above to work. Anyway., for Protonmail there is ElectronMail. It's available as Flatpak too and it minimizes/starts to tray.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I can get the clients to fetch the e-mail atm, the issue is what I wrote above, is there a simple way to get thunderbird to fetch them from the moment I turn the pc on and give me notifications about it?

[–] saccharomyces 2 points 1 year ago

Birdtray might be what you’re looking for. I’ve only used it on windows, but for me it gets thunderbird out of the way but able to be checked and used immediately.

https://github.com/gyunaev/birdtray

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