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@ -4150,9 +4150,10 @@ reasons). Note that quitting @t{mu4e} or invoking @t{mu4e-update-mail-and-index}
and @t{mu4e-update-index} trigger committing to disk as a side-effect.
@item different options:
@t{mu4e} defaults to having @t{mu4e-headers-include-related}, and
@t{mu4e-headers-results-limit} set to 500. However, the command-line
@command{mu find}'s corresponding @t{--include-related} is false, and
there's no limit (@t{--maxnum}).
@t{mu4e-headers-results-limit} set to 500. However, the command-line @command{mu
find}'s corresponding @t{--include-related} is false, and there's no limit
(@t{--maxnum}). Furthermore, @t{mu find} by default includes duplicate messages,
while @t{mu4e} does not (see @t{--skip-dups}/@t{mu4e-search-skip-duplicates}.
@item reverse sorting:
The results may be different when @t{mu4e} and @command{mu find} do
not both sort their results in the same direction.
@ -4238,17 +4239,23 @@ Note that Emacs 29 obsoletes this variable.
@section Retrieving mail
@subsection How can I get notifications when receiving mail?
There is @code{mu4e-index-updated-hook}, which gets triggered when the
indexing process triggered sees an update (not just new mail though). To
use this hook, put something like the following in your setup (assuming
you have @t{aplay} and some soundfile, change as needed):
The recommended way is to use @t{mu4e}'s built-in notification system, see
@ref{Desktop notifications}.
Alternatively, you can set things up manually.
There is @code{mu4e-index-updated-hook}, which gets triggered when the indexing
process triggered sees an update (not just new mail though). To use this hook,
put something like the following in your setup (assuming you have @t{aplay} and
some soundfile, change as needed):
@lisp
(add-hook 'mu4e-index-updated-hook
(defun new-mail-sound ()
(shell-command "aplay ~/Sounds/boing.wav&")))
@end lisp
@subsection I'm getting mail through a local mailserver. What should I use for @code{mu4e-get-mail-command}?
@subsection I'm getting mail through a local mail-server. What should I use for @code{mu4e-get-mail-command}?
Use the literal string @t{"true"} (or don't do anything, it's the
default) which then uses @t{/bin/true} (a command that does nothing and
always succeeds). This makes getting mail a no-op, but the messages are