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GMail Notifiers

October 22nd, 2009 madiga 2 comments

GMail has become a popular email choice for many users, young and old. There are many reasons why GMail is being preferred over others such as Yahoo or MSN. Some of the reasons are storage capacity, GMail provides over 6.5GB of mail, other reasons are speed, flexibility, integration of Google Documents, Calendar and etc.

As the popularity of GMail grows, so are the techniques and tools on how to use it best. This article lists some of the GMail desktop notifiers that people can use without having a browser open all the time.

Here are some GMail notifiers that are popular:

Gmail Notifier for Windows – The Gmail Notifier is an application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a web browser.
Gmail Notifier, Firefox Add-on – Allows you to monitor multiple Gmail accounts right inside your browser’s UI.
Gmail Notifier for Linux – Gmail Notifier is a Linux alternative for the notifier program released by Google, it is written in Python and provides an attractive and simple way to check for new mail messages.
Sohail’s Gmail Notifier – An alternative to Gmail Notifier released by Google. This notifier works with gmail.com & any domain hosted by Google Apps. Now it supports proxy server & mailto links. Notifier reads the XML from Gmail atom and shows it you. Please note that currently Google only posts 20 unread messages in the atom.
Google Notifier for Mac – (formerly Gmail Notifier) is an application that shows you alerts in your menu bar, so you can see when you have new Gmail messages or upcoming Google Calendar events without having to open a web browser.
How to make a Physical Gmail Notifier – Very interesting. A step by step instruction on how to setup a cube to glow when new emails are received.
GoogleMail Sentinel – A mail notifier for Google Mail (Gmail). It creates an icon in your system tray and features popup alerts when new mail arrives to your GoogleMail (Gmail) account.