Wizard + test-menu: pick polling interval - #2
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The default was 5 min and there was no UI to change it short of editing config.local.json by hand. Now: - Wizard step 3 asks for a polling interval after the email addresses, with presets (30s / 1min / 5min / 15min / custom-seconds). - --test menu has a new "Change how often mailpress checks for new mail" option that re-uses the same picker and saves the result. Push notifications (Gmail Pub/Sub or IMAP IDLE) deliberately left out — ~5-second latency vs ~30-second polling isn't worth the extra setup (Pub/Sub topic + grant + 7-day watch renewal, or a whole new IMAP client). Noted as future options in lib/poll.mjs and README. https://claude.ai/code/session_01CfsRS2PZ4t8RUnhPdVEWHF
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The default was 5 min and there was no UI to change it short of editing config.local.json by hand. Now: - Wizard step 3 asks for a polling interval after the email addresses, with presets (30s / 1min / 5min / 15min / custom-seconds). - --test menu has a new "Change how often mailpress checks for new mail" option that re-uses the same picker and saves the result. Push notifications (Gmail Pub/Sub or IMAP IDLE) deliberately left out — ~5-second latency vs ~30-second polling isn't worth the extra setup (Pub/Sub topic + grant + 7-day watch renewal, or a whole new IMAP client). Noted as future options in lib/poll.mjs and README. https://claude.ai/code/session_01CfsRS2PZ4t8RUnhPdVEWHF Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Adds a polling-interval picker to the wizard and to the
--testmenu. The default was 5 min with no UI to change it short of hand-editingconfig.local.json.Wizard: Step 3 now ends with "How often should mailpress check for new mail?" — presets (30s / 1min / 5min / 15min / custom seconds).
--testmenu: new "Change how often mailpress checks for new mail" option re-uses the same picker and persists to config; prints the Stop/Start scheduled-task one-liner so the change takes effect.Push notifications (Gmail Pub/Sub
users.watch, IMAP IDLE) deliberately left out — ~5s latency vs ~30s polling isn't worth the extra Cloud Pub/Sub topic + 7-day watch renewal, or a whole new IMAP client. Noted as future options inlib/poll.mjsand the README.Test plan
mailpress --setupon the office PC; confirm the polling-interval step appears and saves the chosen value.mailpress --test→ "Change how often mailpress checks for new mail" → pick a different preset → confirmconfig.local.jsonupdates.https://claude.ai/code/session_01CfsRS2PZ4t8RUnhPdVEWHF
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