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1) Install GeekTool
2) Run this script....

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#!/bin/bash

USERNAME="[email protected]"
PASSWORD="password"

EMAIL=`curl -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD --silent "https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom" | tr -d '\n' | awk -F '<entry>' '{for (i=2; i<=NF; i++) {print $i}}' | sed -n "s/<title>\(.*\)<\/title.*name>\(.*\)<\/name>.*/\2 - \1/p"`

if [ -n "$EMAIL" ]
    then

    echo "INBOX:"
    echo "-----------------------------------------"

    IFS=$'\n'
    for i in $EMAIL
    do
        len=${#i}
        if [ "$len" -gt 40 ]
            then
            echo ${i:0:37} "..."
        else
            echo $i
        fi
    done
fi

3) smile

 

 
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