Check new mails over IMAP protocol. Dependencies: - Python3 New mails are notified through a notification like this: +---------------------------------------------------+ | +---+ | | |\ /| donald@disney.org has 3 new messages | | +---+ | | Latest From: Mickey Mouse | | Subject: Re: pay raise | | | | Not after what you did yesterday. | | Daisy told me everything [...] | | | +---------------------------------------------------+ Text will be cut if the mail is too long. myimapcheck = lain.widgets.imap(args) The function takes a table as argument. Required table parameters are: Variable | Type --- | --- `server` | string `mail` | string `password` | string while the optional are: Variable | Meaning | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- `port` | IMAP port | int | 993 `refresh_timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 60 `header` | Text to show before value | string | " Mail " `header_color` | Header color | string | `beautiful.fg_normal` or "#FFFFFF" `color_newmail` | New mail value color | string | `beautiful.fg_focus` or "#FFFFFF" `color_nomail` | No mail value color | string | `beautiful.fg_normal` or "#FFFFFF" `mail_encoding` | Mail character encoding | string | autodetected `maxlen` | Maximum chars to display in notification | int | 200 `app` | Mail program to spawn on click | string | "mutt" `shadow` | Hide widget when there are no mails | boolean | false `is_plain` | Define whether `password` is a plain password (true) or a function that retrieves it (false) | boolean | false Let's focus better on `is_plain`. You can just set your password like this: args.is_plain = false args.password = "mypassword" and you'll have the same security provided by `~/.netrc` **Or** you can use a keyring, like [python keyring](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring): args.password = "keyring get password" When `is_plain == false`, it *executes* `password` before using it, so you can also use whatever password fetching solution you want. You can also define your custom icon for the naughty notification. Just set `lain_mail_notify` into `theme.lua`.