Bubblemail is an extensible mail notification service.
Bubblemail comes in two parts:
- A service, loaded on desktop login, collect the mails and provide the dbus service
- A settings interface, using Gtk, providing the user’s frontend.
The software is desktop independent. Two different frontends can be used to provide user notifications: libnotify, or the GNOME desktop specific indicator. Oauth2 / Two factor identification is currently only supported using GNOME online accounts.
Bubblemail is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Highly configurable
- Local mailboxes, IMAP and POP3 protocols.
- Desktop independent design
- Autosync with GNOME online accounts.
- D-Bus interface can be used to write desktop specific notification system frontends.
- Multiple accounts support.
- Folder selection
- Custom port for connection.
- Credential storage secured by design.
- Plugin system:
- Settings page for each plugin.
- Load plugins from user’s config.
- Change the execution order.
- Default set of plugins – sound notification, script execution, spam filtering, and Libnotify plugin.
- Authentication and connection errors reporting.
- Internationalization support.
Website: bubblemail.free.fr
Support: Documentation, Code Repository
Developer: Razer
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Bubblemail is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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