---
name: "mailnag"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mailnag"
version: "2.2.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mailnag"
---

# mailnag(1)

an extensible mail notification daemon

## NAME

mailnag - an extensible mail notification daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**mailnag**

## DESCRIPTION

**mailnag** is a daemon program that checks POP3 and IMAP servers for new mail. On mail arrival it performs various actions provided by plugins. It comes with a set of desktop-independent default plugins for visual/sound notifications, script execution etc. and can be extended with additional plugins easily.

Note that you must first run **mailnag-config** to setup Mailnag.

## SEE ALSO

[**mailnag-config**(1)](/mailnag-config/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**mailnag** was written by Patrick Ulbrich \<zulu99@gmx.net\>.

This manual page was written by Vincent Cheng \<Vincentc1208@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).