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-title: "Conky Mail Notifications using Maildirs"
-description: "How to configure `conky` to use local `maildirs`"
-tags:
-    - conky
-    - maildir
-    - notifications
-date: "2017-10-08"
-slug: "conky-maildirs-config"
----
-
-Configuring [`conky`][0] to display a count and symbol of new mail turned out
-to be more tricky than I had originally anticipated.  This small post quickly
-explores the issues and my own misunderstandings that led to a
-working [`conky`][0] configuration and a better understanding
-of [`maildir`][4].
-
-> When the documentation fails you, use the source.
-
-I've been trying to configure [`conky`][0] to show an icon if there is new mail
-in my local [`maildir`][4].  However, I'm seemingly unable to achieve the
-desired result.
-
-Here is a trimmed down version of my [`conky`][0] configuration for reference:
-
-> This is using [`conky`][0]'s new 1.10 syntax.
-
-    conky.config = {
-        out_to_x = false,
-        own_window = false,
-        out_to_console = true,
-        background = false,
-    };
-
-    conky.text = [[
-        ${mails ${HOME}/.mail/} 
-    ]];
-
-
-However, when attempting to run this through [`conky`][0], I receive the
-following error:
-
-    conky: cannot open directory
-
-I also tried adding the `mail_spool` configuration setting to the
-`conky.config` table and removing the folder from the `${mails}` variable.
-Furthermore, I tried both of the above using the `${new_mails}` variable as
-well, similarly to no avail.
-
-> I actually receive a different error suggesting that `mail_spool` is no
-> longer a valid configuration setting.  [Searching the code base][3], I feel
-> this is accurate.
-
-Another variation of the above I have tried is to try quoting the directory
-path, which failed with a different error suggesting [`conky`][0] is attempting
-to literally open the quoted folder.
-
-It wasn't until I read the source of [`conky`][2] that I was able to figure out
-what the _actual_ issue was.
-
-What was not obvious to me from the documentation was that `$mails` and friends
-request a literal [`maildir`][4] as its parameter.  This means, it's required
-to specify a folder with the triplet of folders: `cur`, `new`, and `tmp` under
-it.  Without which, [`conky`][0] returns the error "cannot open directory"
-because [`conky`][0] is trying to open the directory
-`{provided-mail-directory}/cur` instead of the provided directory.
-
-Therefore, to solve my issue, I had changed the path given to `$mails` to the
-following:
-
-    ${mails ${HOME}/{email-account}/INBOX}
-
-Where `{email-account}` is the email account I want updates for.
-
-This has been a frustrating experience, and the documentation
-around [`conky`][0] is unfortunately out of date.  But this is partially my own
-fault, my understanding of [`maildir`][4] was incorrect and certainly led me
-astray.
-
-I'm debating whether to submit a pull request for expanding the documentation
-around [`maildir`][4] usage in the `$*mails` variables but it's likely my own
-misunderstanding of [`maildir`][4] that led me to so much issue.
-
-Next, onto [`conky`][0]'s use of `if_match` and `$battery_short` to display
-different battery symbols based on "charging", "discharging" and "full" states.
-
-[0]: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
-
-[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/
-
-[2]: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/blob/master/src/mail.cc#L255
-
-[3]: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=mail_spool&type=
-
-[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir