diff --git a/.config/mail/async-mail.sh b/.config/mail/async-mail.sh
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+++ b/.config/mail/async-mail.sh
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+#!/bin/env bash
+
+nohup /home/fic/.config/mail/mail-sync.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+exit 0
diff --git a/.config/mail/attach-picker.sh b/.config/mail/attach-picker.sh
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+++ b/.config/mail/attach-picker.sh
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+#!/bin/env bash
+
+TEMP=$1
+# foot "yazi --chooser-file '$TEMP'"
+footclient yazi --chooser-file "$TEMP"
diff --git a/.config/mail/mail-indicator.sh b/.config/mail/mail-indicator.sh
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+++ b/.config/mail/mail-indicator.sh
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+#!/bin/env bash
+
+# mailboxes to monitor
+MAILBOXES=("personal" "school")
+# named pipe for receiving refresh events
+# from mail sync script
+PIPE="/tmp/email_refresh_pipe"
+
+# Create pipe if doesn't exist
+[[ -p "$PIPE" ]] || mkfifo "$PIPE"
+
+# Get unread counts and format for waybar
+get_unread_counts() {
+    for mailbox in "${MAILBOXES[@]}"; do
+        count=$(notmuch count --output=messages "tag:unread and path:$mailbox/**")
+        printf "%s: %s " "$mailbox" "$count" 
+    done
+    # we print a newline to let waybar know to display
+    # what we just printed
+    printf "|\n"
+}
+
+
+# run once for initial output
+get_unread_counts
+# begin event loop
+while true; do
+    # cat blocks until data comes through pipe
+    # redirecting to null b.c. we don't want the
+    # pipe's contents to be printed to stdout
+    cat /tmp/email_refresh_pipe > /dev/null
+    # print unread indicator to stdout
+    get_unread_counts
+done
diff --git a/.config/mail/newmail.sh b/.config/mail/newmail.sh
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+++ b/.config/mail/newmail.sh
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+#!/bin/env bash
+
+notify-send "New mail in $1 inbox!"
+/home/fic/.config/mail/mail-sync.sh