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    <desc>Options on notifications of newly received mail.</desc>

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      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
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      <mal:name>Fran Dieguez</mal:name>
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<title>Getting notified of new mail</title>

<p><app>Evolution</app> always notifies you of new messages by adding a small emblem to the mailer icon in the window <link xref="intro-main-window">switcher</link>.</p>
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  <p>Switcher layout when a new message has arrived</p>
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<p>In order to also be notified of new messages in GNOME desktop notifications:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Plugins</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>Enable <gui>Mail Notification</gui>.</p>
<note style="tip"><p>If a plugin is not available under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Plugins</gui></guiseq>, then please ask in a support forum of your distribution. Your distribution might have decided to disable some plugins or to ship plugins in a separate package.</p></note>
</item>
<item><p>Open the <gui style="tab">Configuration</gui> tab and set your preferred options.</p></item>
<item><p>Open the <gui style="tab">Accounts</gui> tab to select the mail accounts for which you would like to see notifications.</p></item>
</steps>

<p>See <link xref="help:gnome-help/shell-notifications" href="https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-notifications">the GNOME Desktop Help</link> for more information.</p>

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