Some time ago I wanted IceWM to check my Maildir mailbox. I found an old patch, but it was for IceWM 1.0.9, so I started my own patch.

I don't know so much about C++ programming, just about C, but I think my code doesn't look much as an ugly hack.

Patch application

To apply the patch you have to compile IceWM. Download IceWM source and this patch, and apply it as follows:

If there were no errores, you can now just compile IceWM as usually.

To use the Maildir feature, change your ~/.icewm/preferences file and set MailBoxPath to maildir:///home/user/Maildir, for example. Don't forget to activate TaskBarShowMailboxStatus.

It's recommended to move large Maildir subdirectories out of your main Maildir, because it may slow down the mail check process.

This patch looks your maildir recursively for new mails in new/ subdirectories.

Download

Please, note that IceWM mail checker doesn't usually change between versions, so last patch should work with newer versions of IceWM.

• IceWM 1.2.25 Maildir support.