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 (TXT)  `git://git.josuah.net/mailtube` - {0.2}
       
        While YouTube gives you an uninterrupted flow of distraction, mailltube gives
        you a continuous stream of focus.
       
        The {xnotify} and {herbe} projects give a sane approach to desktop
 (HTM)  • {xnotify}
 (HTM)  • {herbe}
        notifications using a FIFO or just a command line for communication, and lets
        the integration up to the user, as easy as `echo "message" >$XNOTIFY_FIFO` or
        `herbe "message"` from a shell.
       
       How it works
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        The mailtube suite generates xnotify or herbe notifications from a remote
        Maildir on a server, through SSH for instance, or from a local Maildir
        directly.
       
        The `mailtube-server` binary needs to be present on the same machine where the
        Maildirs are, and an `mailtube-$client` binary present on the local machine.
       
       Complete example with xnotify
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        Start xnotify with a FIFO, and then run the mail notification daemon streaming
        messages to it.
       
        ┊ export XNOTIFY_FIFO="$HOME/.cache/xnotify.fifo"
        ┊ rm -f "$XNOTIFY_FIFO"
        ┊ mkfifo "$XNOTIFY_FIFO"
        ┊ xnotify <>$XNOTIFY_FIFO &
        ┊ 
        ┊ mailtube-xnotify ssh user@example.com mailtube-server Maildir &
       
        Straight after this, each new mail received on the server will generate a local
        desktop notification.
       
       Complete example with herbe
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        Run the mail notification daemon and spawn herbe on each incoming
        notification:
       
        ┊ mailtube-herbe ssh user@example.com mailtube-server Maildir &
       
       Complete example in a terminal
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        Only show the notifications on-screen in the terminal:
       
        ┊ ssh user@example.com mailtube-server Maildir &
       
       Notification history
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        If mailtube is killed or the local computer powered off, the notification will
        not be lost, and when running mailtube again, the pending notifications will be
        displayed again.
       
        All thanks to Maildir having separate `new` and `cur` directory.
       
        If notifications are missed, their content can of course be seen again by
        opening the list of email with the mail client.