Comments on: Gmail Notifier Applets for Ubuntu

By: o'leary

o'leary — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:45:27 +0000

Good write-up! Just came across another option for Chrome users: Install the following plugin, which will display desktop notifications (though unfortunately in the lower right hand corner, not the upper right). Also, it appears to use the browser’s login cookie so it doesn’t need to store the gmail username/password separately:

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kkmbodalobogbnejmcdghkfimhodifol?hl=en

By: Dario

Dario — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:19:20 +0000

Thanks Zac for the info.
I try all the notifiers for gmail in Lucid, and the best for my is gm-notify. It should be in the oficial ubuntu repositorys.

By: Smartboy

Smartboy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:41:50 +0000

By the way, if anyone wants to use checkgmail, but also wishes it to use the notify-osd system, then there is a patch that is available here on Arch Linux’s AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29779

Just patch your sources with that and compile, then it should integrate much better with any system on which you can use notify-osd.

By: Zac

Zac — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:36:44 +0000

I used checkgmail in Ubuntu 8.04. Now I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook edition on my Dell Latitude 2100, and installed gm-notify of the launchpad ppa. It uses the indicator applet for email notification. Once running, on new mail envelope turns green and you can set it up to play a sound file. I like to change the check interval time but I don’t know how.

Yea, I think it’s time to revisit this which I’m think will help people. Ubuntu 10.04 has new features.

Great site.

By: Anders

Anders — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:21:53 +0000

Hi there – might it be time to do another iteration of this article in time for Lucid LTS?

I’m currently using CheckGmail (based on your advice & research above) but I would love to see a Gmail notifier with better integration with the Ubuntu indicator/notify framework?

Keep up the good work on your blog!

By: 推荐一个 Gmail Notifier (cGmail) » 嘉佑中文博客

推荐一个 Gmail Notifier (cGmail) » 嘉佑中文博客 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:14:33 +0000

[...] Google ，发现不少 Gmail Notifier 程序呢，除了刚刚提到的那两个用过的，剩下只有 cGmail 这个程序还不错，cGmail [...]

By: Chris B. – idéias e pensamentos » Notificadores do Gmail para Ubuntu

Chris B. – idéias e pensamentos » Notificadores do Gmail para Ubuntu — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:27:24 +0000

[...] Fonte: http://www.workswithu.com/2009/10/06/gmail-notifier-applets-for-ubuntu/ [...]

By: castlewise

castlewise — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:37:53 +0000

Just a comment. gm-notify is the only one that is integrated into the new “indicator-applet”

By: 推荐一个 Gmail Notifier (cGmail) | 歪歪灰主流

推荐一个 Gmail Notifier (cGmail) | 歪歪灰主流 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:56:03 +0000

[...] Google ，发现不少 Gmail Notifier 程序呢，除了刚刚提到的那两个用过的，剩下只有 cGmail 这个程序还不错，cGmail [...]

By: The Lukester

The Lukester — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:12:00 +0000

I do agree. I’m a newbie to the ubuntu/linux world and tried all of them and could now get any of them to work and to work at startup, but cgmail did and it worked without any problems thanks for your time that you spent doing this.Keep doin what you do best (providing good info)Im running ubuntu 9.04

By: Zac

Zac — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:35:38 +0000

CMD:
I had connection issues with CheckGmail as well. To fix it change the startup command to: checkgmail -no_cookies

CheckGmail I like, and I have a sound which says “You’ve got mail” I know….but I like it.

cGmail I haven’t tried yet. Maybe it’s not available for Ubuntu 8.04.

By: Christopher Tozzi

Christopher Tozzi — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:03:44 +0000

Mike: thanks for the link. As far as I know, Mail Notifier is the only applet on the list that supports SSL, which is an important feature to some people. Thanks for pointing it out.

CMD: does Evolution really work perfectly for you with Gmail? No hanging when trying to download messages or failure to connect to the server sometimes? I found it to be very slow compared to other IMAP accounts, but maybe it’s just the way I have Gmail configured. I do really like Evolution–I like it so much that I used it on Windows for a while, even though the port is extremely under-baked–and wish I could make it agree with Gmail.