Gmailtail – Command-line tool to monitor Gmail messages and output them as JSON (opens in new tab)

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144 pointsc4pt0r8mo ago32 comments

32 comments

This just polls every x (default 30) seconds; if you use IMAP you can do better with IDLE (e.g. I pipe `fetchmail --check` to something that triggers a sync to immediately get new mails)

_flux8mo ago

I wonder though if also the Gmail interface supports something like this? It seems it's pretty fast at receiving email.

kosolam8mo ago

There is this generic tool: https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya

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dataflow8mo ago

There are pub/sub notifications but it's a bit of a pain to get working. You need an HTTP endpoint the server can reach for push notifications, I think, not long polling.

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love2read8mo ago

What tool makes these readme’s for new github repos that are bulletpointed lists with features, always prefixed by an emoji?

sunrunner8mo ago

I think this trend has been around for a while now (it started to become more noticable for me at least a couple of years ago).

At first there seemed to be a correlation between how 'cool' the project was and the number of emoji, but now it seems like it's as expected as just having a README itself.

I've definitely seen _more_ decorated READMEs, and I can't help but feel like there's an inverse correlation between emoji count and readability.

diggan8mo ago

Not specifically about readmes/GitHub repos, but I've noticed some LLMs like Sonnet and GPT4.1 are really enthusiastic about doing emoji-prefixed lists for some reason.

dewey8mo ago

Trained on too many JS libraries.

aritrogh8mo ago

Not necessarily a helpful thing, In fact I think that we were to use this to create dynamic prompts then it increases exponentially

username1358mo ago

When ever I see tons of emojis in a list/faq/readme I first think of LLM output.

jdironman8mo ago

I do as well when I see:

# Code Comments Every Few Lines

vanrohan8mo ago

It's probably LLM generated. Adding a fun/cool factor to the project. I created a Chrome Extension where you can "emojify" any text with a right-click. https://emoji-bot.com

maximevalette8mo ago

Basically any LLM

yapyap8mo ago

AI, I presume (but I’m not sure) that the code “agent” they are using creates it.

bravesoul28mo ago

Tool is an insult when applied to a human...

basemi8mo ago

If I read it right, it's built on Gmail API

Are there any other provider agnostic tools with similar capabilities?

szszrk8mo ago

I guess JMAP was created to also deal with this. I'm not sure how far are we in implementation on clients side.

https://jmap.io/spec.html

MangoToupe8mo ago

I can't imagine google ever supporting something that useful.

fastasucan8mo ago

https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya

worldsayshi8mo ago

Is there any good library or tool that let's me programmatically/easily or semi-automatically delete mail by query in gmail? The built in tools are not good enough. Does Thunderbird work with gmail nowadays?

jamespo8mo ago

I use imapfilter: https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter

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jeffbee8mo ago

Easily done in Google Apps Script.

nathants8mo ago

Just have SES put the email in s3, then do stuff.

gsibble8mo ago

Oh yeah, I'd love to hold on to people's emails and be responsible if they got leaked.

nathants8mo ago

TTL=1day

nisegami8mo ago

One step closer to fully closing the loop on using LLMs to automate white collar work.

rubslopes8mo ago

Is it just me, or is there a trend to make modern web applications accessible on the terminal?

slantaclaus8mo ago

“a resurgence with new tooling and polish”

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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3r7j6qzi9jvnve8mo ago

This just polls every x (default 30) seconds; if you use IMAP you can do better with IDLE (e.g. I pipe `fetchmail --check` to something that triggers a sync to immediately get new mails)

_flux8mo ago

I wonder though if also the Gmail interface supports something like this? It seems it's pretty fast at receiving email.

kosolam8mo ago

There is this generic tool: https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya

2 more replies

dataflow8mo ago

There are pub/sub notifications but it's a bit of a pain to get working. You need an HTTP endpoint the server can reach for push notifications, I think, not long polling.

1 more reply

love2read8mo ago

What tool makes these readme’s for new github repos that are bulletpointed lists with features, always prefixed by an emoji?

sunrunner8mo ago

I think this trend has been around for a while now (it started to become more noticable for me at least a couple of years ago).

At first there seemed to be a correlation between how 'cool' the project was and the number of emoji, but now it seems like it's as expected as just having a README itself.

I've definitely seen _more_ decorated READMEs, and I can't help but feel like there's an inverse correlation between emoji count and readability.

diggan8mo ago

Not specifically about readmes/GitHub repos, but I've noticed some LLMs like Sonnet and GPT4.1 are really enthusiastic about doing emoji-prefixed lists for some reason.

dewey8mo ago

Trained on too many JS libraries.

aritrogh8mo ago

Not necessarily a helpful thing, In fact I think that we were to use this to create dynamic prompts then it increases exponentially

username1358mo ago

When ever I see tons of emojis in a list/faq/readme I first think of LLM output.

jdironman8mo ago

I do as well when I see:

# Code Comments Every Few Lines

vanrohan8mo ago

It's probably LLM generated. Adding a fun/cool factor to the project. I created a Chrome Extension where you can "emojify" any text with a right-click. https://emoji-bot.com

maximevalette8mo ago

Basically any LLM

yapyap8mo ago

AI, I presume (but I’m not sure) that the code “agent” they are using creates it.

bravesoul28mo ago

Tool is an insult when applied to a human...

basemi8mo ago

If I read it right, it's built on Gmail API

Are there any other provider agnostic tools with similar capabilities?

szszrk8mo ago

I guess JMAP was created to also deal with this. I'm not sure how far are we in implementation on clients side.

https://jmap.io/spec.html