A script to set your gmail status based on the number of unread messages in your gmail inbox.

Github: http://github.com/gkovacs/gmail_status_unread_count

Author: Geza Kovacs

1. Download the script:

   wget https://raw.github.com/gkovacs/gmail_status_unread_count/master/gmail_status_unread_count.py

2. Install xmpppy. If you're on Ubuntu, you can run:

   sudo apt-get install python-xmpp

3. Create a pair of files, 'gmail_username.txt' and 'gmail_password.txt', containing your gmail credentials:

   echo 'my_gmail_username' > gmail_username.txt echo 'my_gmail_password' > gmail_password.txt

4. Run the script:

   python gmail_status_unread_count.py

You can supply a custom message in the first argument, and a refresh interval in the second argument:

python gmail_status_unread_count.py 'NUM_UNREAD new messages in my inbox.' 10

Q: Who in their right mind would use this?

A: People with Type-A personality. You're reading this, so you must be one of them. Welcome to the club!

Q: What on earth is this useful for?

A: Good question. Ask the people who use it.

Q: I'd like you to add a kitchen sink, and a unicorn.

A: Patches welcome