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Using webmail makes sense. It\u2019s easy to access from any computer, and you don\u2019t need to worry about installing and maintaing software, but the drawback is you have to keep a browser window open to know when you have email. The solution to this is to have a small application installed on your machine that monitors your Gmail account and pops up an alert when you get a message.
\nFor notifiers, I found a few options. Gmail Notifier for Windows from Google, Google Notifier for Mac (same thing for Mac with a slightly different name, also available straight from Google), Gmail Notifier from http:\/\/gmailnotifier.com, and Notify for the Mac from Vibealicious (http:\/\/vibealicious.com\/apps\/notify\/). I know, the names are all very similar.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the one that Google provides at http:\/\/toolbar.google.com\/gmail-helper\/notifier_mac.html called the Gmail Notifier. It\u2019s pretty basic. It supports Windows and Mac, sits in your system tray or menu bar, monitors your Gmail account and pops up when you get a message. Pretty simple to download, install, and be up and running to monitor your Gmail account.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you have more than one Gmail account and you chose not to use the multiple account feature on the server to send and receive all your mail in one place. That\u2019s where you might want to use Notify from Vibealicious. It allows you to monitor multiple Gmail accounts at once. It\u2019s only available for Mac, but looks beautiful. It sits in the menu bar with a little icon and number of unread messages next to it. When you click on it, you get a full interface. Like the other tools, Notify is free.<\/p>\n

Finally, there is Gmail Notifier from http:\/\/gmailnotifier.com. Like Google\u2019s product, it supports both Windows and Mac. Similar to Vibealicious, it also supports multiple accounts. It runs in the system tray (or Mac menu bar) like Google\u2019s tool, and when you click on it, you can pop up an index of all your accounts and how many unread messages are in each. It has simple controls to let you manage the message index and select messages for deletion, mark them as read, etc. It even supports Google Calendar alerts. I was caught off guard by the default alert which announced in a female voice \u201cIncoming messages\u201d with my laptop volume a little high. And of course, it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n

Of the three, Gmail Notifier from gmailnotifier.com<\/a> is my pick for feature robustness and platform compatibility.<\/p>\n

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