You Have Mail
I want a popup and I want it NOW !! hehe
Saturday, August 15, 2009 by mike b1954 | Discussion: Internet
Just a quickie ...
Although I use Windows Live Hotmail a couple of times a day I sometimes miss important new
deliveries during the course of a session online...
I have been looking everywhere for an application that reminds me , from the taskbar , that I have
a new Email ...
Are there any that work with msn.com ? ~ and are really easy to set up .... summat like the
flashing tab you get when you are on Messenger /Skype when you are not in the message
window ..
Ideally , I should get a little "You Have Mail" popup .. as soon as one arrives ...
I have looked everywhere within WC and had no luck ... ! *sniff* ...
( ( Sorry about the large type ... (misplaced my spex ) )
Reply #2 Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:33 AM
I use Windows Live Messenger and it gives a pop up whenever an email arrives. It opens a small window just above where the taskbar is and gives you who, subject and stuff of the email so you know whether you need to go read it.
I would imagine that there are other programs that work the same way if you didn't like or want to use Windows Live Messenger.
Reply #3 Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:52 AM
Jafo : I must try that ... !
Philly/John ... Ya know , I totally forgot about the Messenger One ... I have not
used it for years , and it works even when I am showing as offline ...
I mainly use Skype , as the call/voice quality is outstanding ... 
Thanks very much , Gentlemen !! Sho'do preeshyate it !
Mike
Reply #5 Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:17 PM
There's an easy-to-use mail notifier available free from DynAdvance.com that will sit in your notification area.
Reply #6 Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:27 PM
My wife uses Incredimail. http://www.incredimail.com/english/download/ This link is for the free version, but (like most things) you can pay to get more options. Incredimail allows you to choose and customize your notifiers.
I personally like Thunderbird. Thunderbird is free and it notifies you from the taskbar. http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Reply #7 Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:35 PM
Thunderbird is awesome IMHO. Very configurable, but not always simple to do. i like to keep my mails on my computer and not leave on the server as I keep a lot of mail and the online accounts can fill up too quickly.
The paid version of Incredimail is nice too.
Reply #8 Sunday, August 16, 2009 8:16 AM
Pidgin does a good job of letting me know when I have mail.
www.pidgin.im
Reply #9 Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:53 AM
www.poppeeper.com - You can enable or disable alert
Reply #10 Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:20 AM
a new Email ...
Thunderbird will do this if you install the 'firetray' ad-on. It keeps Thunderbird in your notification tray when you close or minimize it.
There is also PopTray which is free/open source and works with an unlimited number of accounts. It sits right in your notification area.
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Reply #1 Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:15 AM
Sysmetrix can access your email servers...and indicate to you that there's new mail...eg mine currently shows I have 6 ...the accounts it's checking include hotmail...