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1 [<- widgets](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/Widgets)
2
3 **Please be warned**: this is a temporary solution, I am working on something much more solid.
4
5 ---
6
7 Shows mail status in a textbox over IMAP protocol.
8
9 New mails are notified through a notification like this:
10
11         +---------------------------------------------------+
12         | +---+                                             |
13         | |\ /| donald@disney.org has 3 new messages        |
14         | +---+                                             |
15         |       Latest From: Mickey Mouse <boss@disney.org> |
16     |       Subject: Re: pay raise                      |
17     |                                                   |
18     |       Not after what you did yesterday.           |
19     |       Daisy told me everything [...]              |
20         |                                                   |
21         +---------------------------------------------------+
22
23 Text will be cut if the mail is too long.
24
25         myimapcheck = lain.widgets.imap(args)
26
27 The function takes a table as argument. Required table parameters are:
28
29 Variable | Meaning | Type
30 --- | --- | ---
31 `server` | Mail server | string
32 `mail` | User mail | string
33 `password` | User password | string
34
35 while the optional are:
36
37 Variable | Meaning | Type | Default
38 --- | --- | --- | ---
39 `port` | IMAP port | int | 993
40 `timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 60
41 `encoding` | Mail character encoding | string | autodetected
42 `maxlen` | Maximum chars to display in notification | int | 200
43 `is_plain` | Define whether `password` is a plain password (true) or a function that retrieves it (false) | boolean | false
44 `settings` | User settings | function
45
46 Let's focus better on `is_plain`.
47
48 You can just set your password like this:
49
50     args.is_plain = false
51     args.password = "mypassword"
52
53 and you'll have the same security provided by `~/.netrc`.
54
55 **Or** you can use a keyring, like [python keyring](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring):
56
57     args.password = "keyring get password"
58
59 When `is_plain == false`, it *executes* `password` before using it, so you can also use whatever password fetching solution you want.
60
61 `settings` can use the string `mailcount`, whose possible values are:
62
63 - "0"
64 - "invalid credentials"
65 - string number
66
67 and can modify `notification_preset` table, which will be the preset for the naughty notifications. Check [here](http://awesome.naquadah.org/doc/api/modules/naughty.html#notify) for the list of variables it can contain. Default definition:
68
69     notification _preset = {
70        icon = lain/icons/mail.png,
71        timeout = 8,
72        position = "top_left"
73     }
74
75 ### output 
76
77 A textbox.