Re: Command to Return Number of Unread Emails

[Kari Hurtta]

Allodoxaphobia <knock_you...@example.net> writes:

> On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:35:21 +0000 (UTC), Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>
>> To this end I've been trying to find a Linux command line
>> utility (preferably included with, or available in a package
>> for, OpenWrt) to simply return the number of unread emails
>> in a specified Email inbox.
>
> Local "Email inbox", or remote (imap)?
>
> Don't laugh, but I use `nfrm` (in a bash script) from the elm
> package to count (new/unread in my case) messages in my myriad
> of email folders.
>
> https://ts3.easyco.net/easydocs/linux/man/man1/frm.htm
>
> I use _nothing_ else from the elm package.
> In fact, I copy nfrm to $HOME/bin/ and uninstall elm. heh...
>
> Ahh.. Reading further I see it's a remote email server.
> So, this is probably just more wasted electrons.
>
> Jonesy

nfrm from Elm ME+ can read IMAP (or POP) mailboxes,
but it prompts password -- you can not save password
to configuration.

However, it is slow for this purpose.

/ Kari Hurtta

http://www.elmme-mailer.org/

[The Natural Philosopher]

I am not sure whether a pop server actually knows what emails have been
read.

So the whole project may be a waste of time.

Only a given client knows what POP emails have been read.


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[Kari Hurtta]

The Natural Philosopher <t...@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On 20/06/17 12:04, Kari Hurtta wrote:

>> nfrm from Elm ME+ can read IMAP (or POP) mailboxes,
>> but it prompts password -- you can not save password
>> to configuration.
>>
>> However, it is slow for this purpose.
>>
>> / Kari Hurtta
>>
>> http://www.elmme-mailer.org/
>>
>
> I am not sure whether a pop server actually knows what emails have
> been read.
>
> So the whole project may be a waste of time.
>
> Only a given client knows what POP emails have been read.

Yes, nfrm (or frm) and elm -commands from Elm ME+
uses ~/Mail/.{pop-mailbox-name} -files for keeping track
of mails which are read.

After all these commands are part of same client.

/ Kari Hurtta