wmckgmail 1.1 : A dockapp to monitor the number of unread mails in a gmail inbox written by : Sylvain Tremblay release date : September 09, 2006 ******************* *** COMPILATION *** ******************* To compile, simply invoke the "make" command. ******************** *** INSTALLATION *** ******************** To install the program (in /usr/local/bin), run : "make install" To install the man pages (in /usr/local/man/man1), run : "make install-man" ********************* *** CONFIGURATION *** ********************* The wmckgmail program is independent for each user. To be able to use it, you need to create a folder in the user home directory ($HOME/.wmckgmail). In this folder, you need to create the configuration file ($HOME/.wmckgmail/config). This configuration file works in " " pairs. There is two mandatory entries that needs to be defined : uname pass There is also an optional parameter used to define the interval (in seconds) between each new emails verification. If you don't define this value, a default of 300 seconds (5 minutes) will be used. pollinterval --- WARNING --- It is strongly recommended to set the permissions on the configuration file to something like "600" or "400" as your gmail account password is clearly written into it.