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 A plugin that checks mail asynchronously, giving you feedback through the process via notifications.
 
+This plugin was mostly written to accomodate running [mbsync](https://isync.sourceforge.io/mbsync.html) from inside `alot` without being intrusive. This can be useful if you do not wish to wait for your systemd timer to execute your mail sync.
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 ## Installation
 
 Run the following in the environment that alot's `hooks.py` uses: