display-time, mail-icon and POP3 mailboxes

[Pavel Janík]

Hi,

I'd like to add the ability to check POP3 mailbox for new messages (and
displaying mail icon). Now, we support only looking into file or directory
for new e-mail. POP3 support would be great. The implementation itself is
very easy (and already done, in fact).

But how should i get the hostname, username and password from user?

Rmail uses movemail which checks MAILHOST env. variable or the third field
of inbox (po:user:host). Gnus can set everything in mail-sources:

(setq mail-sources '((pop :server "my-server" :user "MyName" :password 
"MySecret")))

I do not know about VM and other mail programs. Do you have an idea?
Should I share values with those programs or should I invent new user
options display-time-pop3-{server,user,password}?
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Pavel Janík

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