[SOLVED] Mail Watcher: Adjusting parameters

cjsmall · 2026-02-22 22:06:29

When I empty my mailbox, it can take up to a minute for the mail watcher icon to change from New Mail to Normal. Is there a place where I can increase the frequency the watcher uses to examines the mailbox (there is no setting on the Properties dialog), or better yet, is there a command that I could issue when I close my mail reader (mutt) to force the watcher to immediately reexamine the mailbox, similar to what a right-click "Update Now" does?

Thanks.

Last edited by cjsmall (2026-02-23 17:52:28)

ToZ · 2026-02-22 22:24:52

xfce4-panel --plugin-event=mailwatch-XX:refresh:bool:true

...where "XX" is the ID of the mailwatch plugin.

I use the following command in the 'Run on click' setting to open my mail reader and when I close it, it automatically refreshes the plugin:

sh -c "claws-mail; xfce4-panel --plugin-event=mailwatch-$(xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv | grep mailwatch | awk '{print $1}' | tr -dc '0-9'):refresh:bool:true"

cjsmall · 2026-02-23 02:23:43

ToZ:

Thanks you. This is exactly what I was looking for. Greatly appreciated.

Added later 06 min 25 s:
Now for the really stupid question: How do I mark this thread as solved? I've look everywhere on the page and I see no option for this.

Do I just put [SOLVED] in the note like this or does it need to be tagged somewhere?

ToZ · 2026-02-23 10:45:03

Edit your original post in this thread and pre-pend [SOLVED] to the subject line.

cjsmall · 2026-02-23 17:53:18

Thanks. Done.

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