Introduction - News - Download - Screenshots

Introduction

XLassie is a replacement for the standard X mail notification tool, XBiff. It has several useful enhancements over XBiff.

Counts the number of new messages you have
Can query remote mail on a POP3 server or on an IMAP server
Can count local mail with an mbox or a maildir style spool
Uses less memory than XBiff, and just about every other X mail checker
Can run a command when clicked on, and/or when new mail arrives
Supports both the KDE and the WindowMaker applet protocols, in addition to running as a standard X application

News

New features for version 1.8, released May 29th, 2001.

Support for qmail style maildir systems. Should work automatically if you have maildir setup properly. Or point xlassie to a directory instead of a file, and it will keep track of the number of files in it. Thanks to Pitt Murmann for inspiration.
Backup font selection system. XLassie will try a list of builtin font names if it can't find the default font.

Bugfix version 1.7, released March 16th, 2001.

Fixed the -mailcommand feature. A bit of code was missing so the option wasn't recognized.
KDE mode didn't work with KDE2.1 due to a typo in the KDE documentation.

New features for version 1.6, released Feb 15th, 2001.

Works with the KDE2 panel now.
New option to run a command when new mail arrives. You could have this download your mail or play a, "You have mail," mp3 file.
A couple bug fixes for some IMAP servers.

New features for version 1.5, released Jan 13th, 2000.

KDE panel applet support. If you have KDE running, XLassie should automatically get put inside the panel and choose a smaller default font that better fits the space inside the panel.
WindowMaker dock applet support. If you have WindowMaker running, XLassie should automatically get put inside a dock tile, turn on shape mode, and use a larger default font.
DeleteWindow support. The little 'X' that some window managers have to exit a program will now work.

New features for version 1.4, released Sep 11th, 1999.

IMAP mode. Will query an IMAP server. Thanks to Stacy Seagle for the code.
Bug fixed in apop3 mode, thanks to Lars Svensson for pointing it out.

New features in version 1.3, released Jan 1st, 1999.

New POP3 mode, -apop3, which downloads message headers in an attempt to figure out which messages are new and which aren't.
Offline mode, -offline, causes an 'X' to be displayed as the mail count when the POP3 server can't be reached. Good for modem users who aren't always on the net.

There are a few new features in version 1.1, released June 17th.

Portability fixes, POP3 should work on Digital Unix and Solaris now.
Mail messages with more than one Status :R lines only get counted once.
Ability to prompt the user for the password, or get if from another program on stdin.

Download

You can download the latest release, version 1.8, xlassie-1.8.tar.gz. Also available are binary and source RPM packages for version 1.8.

Screen Shots

Here are some sample screen shots:

A simple setup with no options. Looks like I have no mail.

Using a shaped window. With no mail, the "0" blends into the background. As soon as some mail comes in, the "1" is drawn in a different color, so you can see it.

On the left, you can see XLassie inside FVWM2's button bar. On the right, it's stuck inside the WindowMaker dock.

This is inside the KDE panel. The KDE and WindowMaker modes should happen automatically if you have those window managers running when XLassie starts.

Trent Piepho

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