diff -urN icewm-1.2.25/src/amailbox.cc icewm-1.2.25_maildir/src/amailbox.cc
--- icewm-1.2.25/src/amailbox.cc	2006-02-03 07:24:27.000000000 +0100
+++ icewm-1.2.25_maildir/src/amailbox.cc	2006-03-18 13:39:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "wmapp.h"
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 static YColor *taskBarBg = 0;
 extern ref<YPixmap> taskbackPixmap;
@@ -64,7 +66,9 @@
                     state = ERROR;
             } else
                 server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
-        } else if (!strcmp(fURL.scheme(), "file"))
+	} else if (!strcmp(fURL.scheme(), "maildir"))
+            protocol = MAILDIR;
+          else if (!strcmp(fURL.scheme(), "file"))
             protocol = LOCALFILE;
         else
             warn(_("Invalid mailbox protocol: \"%s\""), fURL.scheme());
@@ -143,6 +147,31 @@
                 fMbx->mailChecked(MailBoxStatus::mbxHasMail, fLastCount);
             fLastSize = st.st_size;
         }
+    } else if (protocol == MAILDIR) {
+        
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (fURL.path() == 0)
+	    return;
+	
+	if (stat(fURL.path(), &st) == -1) {
+	    fMbx->mailChecked(MailBoxStatus::mbxNoMail, 0);
+	    fLastCount = 0;
+	    fLastSize = 0;
+	    fLastUnseen = 0;
+	} else {
+	    fLastCount=0;
+	    countMaildirMsgs(fURL.path());
+            if (countMailMessages && fLastCount>0) {
+                    fMbx->mailChecked(MailBoxStatus::mbxHasUnreadMail,
+                    fLastCount);
+            } else if (!countMailMessages && fLastCount>0) {
+                    fMbx->mailChecked(MailBoxStatus::mbxHasUnreadMail, -1);
+            } else {
+                    fMbx->mailChecked(MailBoxStatus::mbxNoMail, fLastCount);
+            }
+        }
+
     } else {
         if (sk.connect((struct sockaddr *) &server_addr, sizeof(server_addr))
             == 0) 
@@ -306,6 +335,46 @@
     sk.read(bf, sizeof(bf));
 }
 
+void MailCheck::countMaildirMsgs(const char *path) {
+
+    DIR *dir;
+    struct dirent *entry;
+    char absolutePath[1025];
+    struct stat info;
+ 
+    if ((dir = opendir(path)) == NULL)
+        warn("opendir() error on %s", path);
+    else {
+        while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+            /* Skip '.' and '..' dirs */
+            if (strcasecmp(".", entry->d_name) &&
+             strcasecmp("..",entry->d_name)) {
+                strcpy(absolutePath, path);
+                strcat(absolutePath, "/");
+                strcat(absolutePath, entry->d_name);
+           
+	        if (stat(absolutePath, &info) != 0)
+                    warn("stat() error on %s: %s\n", absolutePath,
+                      strerror(errno));
+                else if  (S_ISDIR(info.st_mode))
+                    countMaildirMsgs(absolutePath);
+	        else {
+                   if (strstr(path, "new")!=NULL 
+                     && strcmp(strstr(path,"new"),"new")==0) {
+                       fLastCount++;
+#ifdef DEBUG
+                       msg("Maildir/ new message found. There are by the" \
+					"moment: %d", fLastCount);
+#endif
+                   }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    closedir(dir);
+    }
+}
+
+
 MailBoxStatus::MailBoxStatus(const char *mailbox, YWindow *aParent): 
 YWindow(aParent), fMailBox(newstr(mailbox)), check(this)
 {
diff -urN icewm-1.2.25/src/amailbox.h icewm-1.2.25_maildir/src/amailbox.h
--- icewm-1.2.25/src/amailbox.h	2006-02-03 07:24:27.000000000 +0100
+++ icewm-1.2.25_maildir/src/amailbox.h	2006-03-18 13:39:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
     enum {
         LOCALFILE,
         POP3,
-        IMAP
+        IMAP,
+        MAILDIR
     } protocol;
 
     MailCheck(MailBoxStatus *mbx);
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
     virtual void socketConnected();
     virtual void socketError(int err);
     virtual void socketDataRead(char *buf, int len);
+    void countMaildirMsgs(const char *path);
     void error();
 
 private: