From d7e537fdf3083ced2ad90156a7f88ddbce78bfbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Talwrii <talwrii@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 21:40:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] mbox -- mail backend to deal with mbox files as used by
 procmail, for example.

---
 i3pystatus/mail/mbox.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 i3pystatus/mail/mbox.py

diff --git a/i3pystatus/mail/mbox.py b/i3pystatus/mail/mbox.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57e70b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3pystatus/mail/mbox.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys
+from i3pystatus.mail import Backend
+import subprocess
+
+class MboxMail(Backend):
+    """
+    Checks for local mail in mbox
+    """
+
+    settings = ()
+    required = ()
+
+    @property
+    def unread(self):
+        p = subprocess.Popen(['messages.mailutils'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+        stdout = stdout.decode('utf8')
+        assert p.returncode == 0, "messages.mailutils returned non-zero return code"
+        s_stuff, message_number = stdout.strip().rsplit(':', 1)
+        return int(message_number.strip())
+
+Backend = MboxMail