Mail notifications, while useful, can be overwhelming. That's why Mail can restrict the notifications (Dock badge and Notification Center) to a specific mailbox or Smart Mailbox.
Notifications restriction is available from Mail's Preferences; however here is a way to change this setting using a script, without going through the GUI.
This is especially useful when used with location-aware apps, such as Marco Polo or ControlPlane: you can automatically be notified of your professional e-mails only when at work, and of your personal emails only when at home, for instance.
I find it especially useful to keep focused and reduce the amount of distracting notifications.
[kirkmc adds: I haven't tested this.]
Notifications restriction is available from Mail's Preferences; however here is a way to change this setting using a script, without going through the GUI.
This is especially useful when used with location-aware apps, such as Marco Polo or ControlPlane: you can automatically be notified of your professional e-mails only when at work, and of your personal emails only when at home, for instance.
I find it especially useful to keep focused and reduce the amount of distracting notifications.
#!/bin/bash # # Configure Mail.app to enable notifications only in the specified mailbox. # Notifications include the Dock badge and messages in the Notification Center. # # Usage: # restrict-mail-notifications# # Example: # restrict-mail-notifications smartmailbox://f687826d-f4de-4724-9a12-c5794dcdaa32 # # Notes: # To find the mailbox id you're interested in, look in the com.apple.mail.plist file. # mailboxID="$1" if [ ! -n "$mailboxID" ]; then echo "Error: "mailboxID" parameter missing." echo "Usage: $0 " exit -1 fi # Only display the unread messages count in the Dock for the specified mailbox defaults write com.apple.mail MailDockBadgeMailbox "$mailboxID" # Only display notifications for incoming messages in the specified mailbox defaults write com.apple.mail MailUserNotificationScope -int '4' # Smart mailboxes defaults write com.apple.mail MailUserNotificationMailbox "$mailboxID" # Now relaunch Mail.app for changes to take effect
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