The Free Speech

Revisiting kcheckmail now that my perl is slightly better than what it was when I wrote it.

Here are some improvement ideas that have sprung to mind:

1. Remove as many perl module depencies as possible.
2. Remove the config file option from script. The script is too simple to need a config file. Just tweak script variables instead, or pass arguments on the command line.
3. Add an option to monitor emails in biff mode. This is how it would work. Say you are interested in a particular email that matches a certain criteria (example From: your_boss@company.com). Tell kcheckmail to alert you only for those emails and not worry about the rest. The reverse should also hold true. For example, don’t tell me about an email from google alerts, but tell me everything else.
4. Check email for X-SPAM and other popular spam headers and trash them. A usual Popup message should notify the user that the message has been trashed.
5. Verify spam against online rbls and either add a header or optionally trash them
6. Add logging / debugging capabilities.

*What would you like to see in kcheckmail?*

p. I am really looking forward to improve this script as much as possible. I would like to know what you think, and what would you like to see in future releases?

p. Things I have thought of, for future releases:

# For multiple new emails, just show one popup with last email’s headers (pine-like behaviour)
# Add support for other desktop environments, i.e., add support for other ‘dialog’ tools.
# If kcheckmail dies, which it does sometimes, notify the user about the same, i.e., tell the user that it died.
# Remove dependency on X-Windows altogether - should also be able to work in native console.

Updated kcheckmail.pl.

_Changelog_

??IO::Socket::SSL is now no longer a strict dependency. It is required only if you intend to use an SSL connection.??

??Added some basic documentation.??

Also, announcing it on Freshmeat. Maybe someone would find it useful.

Download kcheckmail

p{color:blue}. Need to know more about kcheckmmail? Check out my last blog.

Presenting my first decent perl script, kcheckmail.pl. Its a mail biff, specially for KDE.
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