Imap widget shows too many emails about lain HOT 4 CLOSED

Do you have more than one email widget? If yes, and if all set in the same way, that is all displaying "You've got x emails", then this might occur, if you put the textboxes all in the same place.

If you have only one email widget, then let me see your rc.lua.

Of course you can change the place where the textbox is showing. You can add it anywhere in left_layout wibox. For instance, after mypromptbox[s], like this:

...
left_layout:add(mypromptbox[s])
left_layout:add(mymailwidget)

from lain.

No, I haven't more than one email widget, i think. I just started yesterday modify yout script and not changed too much.
This is my rc.lua:
http://pastebin.com/gcBbCnSt

Probably i wrote this wrong. I did not thinking about textbox but about this notify:
+--------------------------------------------+
| +---+ |
| |\ /| [email protected] has 3 new messages |
| +---+ |
+--------------------------------------------+

from lain.

You should change your password: you forgot to delete it from the paste.

Using plain text is not recommended, that's why this widget sets is_plain = false as default.

And why did you set such a short timeout? If you have to check it every 5 seconds, then leave your email client open instead.

If you had read the wiki properly, then you would have understood how to change the notify position. I'll do it for you this time. Here you go.

As for the "too much mails" problem, just check your INBOX mail folder: the number of mails you see there, even those flagged as open, are considered new. So, if such count is equal to what the notify reports, then there's no issue at all. Otherwise let me know.

Anyway, note that Google Mail uses to store multiple copies of your mails in different subfolder, flagging them as new. So do the count considering every mail folder you have (Importants, Sent, Drafts, All Messages, ...) before reporting back.

from lain.

Short timeout only for tests.

Ok, I clear my inbox and now mailwidget works perfect! Thanks. I didn't know most of this information.

from lain.