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 [<- widgets](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/Widgets)
 
-Shows mail status in a textbox over IMAP protocol.
+**Please be warned**: as for now, this works fine in normal link situations, but is discouraged to use it if your connection is sobbing, since it may cause some short freezes due to timeout issues. I am working on socket libraries to solve this.
+
+If you're a Python programmer, feel free to lend a hand.
 
-Dependencies:
+---
 
-- python3
+Shows mail status in a textbox over IMAP protocol.
 
 New mails are notified through a notification like this:
 
@@ -26,29 +28,22 @@ Text will be cut if the mail is too long.
 
 The function takes a table as argument. Required table parameters are:
 
-Variable | Type
---- | --- 
-`server` | string
-`mail` | string
-`password` | string
+Variable | Meaning | Type
+--- | --- | ---
+`server` | Mail server | string
+`mail` | User mail | string
+`password` | User 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` | Mail value color | string | `beautiful.fg_focus` or "#FFFFFF"
-`footer` | Text to append after value | string | " "
-`mail_encoding` | Mail character encoding | string | autodetected
+`timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 60
+`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
-
-**Note**: `footer` can be markup text.
+`settings` | User settings | function
 
 Let's focus better on `is_plain`.
 
@@ -65,6 +60,20 @@ and you'll have the same security provided by `~/.netrc`.
 
 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`:
+`settings` can use the string `mailcount`, whose possible values are:
+
+- "0"
+- "invalid credentials"
+- string number
+
+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:
+
+    notification _preset = {
+       icon = lain/icons/mail.png,
+       timeout = 8,
+       position = "top_left"
+    }
+
+### output 
 
-    theme.lain_mail_notify = "/path/to/my/icon"
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+A textbox.
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