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Title: Mail Notification
Post by: bdodson on May 22, 2002, 03:13:38 AM

Does anybody know a windows application or script that could be used to check wether a user has any new mail when they logon in a pop-up window or something similar. Some of my users have been asking about the possibility of it.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Mail Notification
Post by: Des Dougan on May 22, 2002, 09:07:09 AM

Most Windows email clients can do this for you - for example, I use Eudora, and it puts an icon in the system tray when new mail has arrived. Outlook does the same sort of thing.

Des Dougan

Title: Re: Mail Notification
Post by: Dub Dublin on May 22, 2002, 09:34:58 AM

Dougan wrote:
>
> Most Windows email clients can do this for you - for example,
> I use Eudora, and it puts an icon in the system tray when new
> mail has arrived. Outlook does the same sort of thing.
>
> Des Dougan

Netscape mail does this too, as do most other modern mail clients.  It's easy to set up Windows to play a specific audio file when new mail is received.

The incredibly useful CyberKit (ping, nslookup, NTP, traceroute, whois, etc. for Windows, all in one nice package) also has a mail checking feature (which as a Netscape user, I've never used), and there are many other mail notification tools out there: check out simtel.net/tucows.com/shareware.com/download.com to find them.Des

Title: Re: Mail Notification
Post by: Andy MacDonald on May 22, 2002, 10:28:06 AM

The Popcorn freeware email program is tiny, and could be dumped in the startup folder. Lots of other neat stuff at www.tinysoftware.org.
I'm off to find Cyberkit. Thanks Dub!!!

Title: Re: Mail Notification
Post by: Andrei on May 22, 2002, 04:01:19 PM

Outlook will do the same thing also if they use the webmail client and leave the window minimized it will give a pop-up when new mail arrives.

Title: Re: Mail Notification
Post by: Bill Talcott on May 22, 2002, 06:58:10 PM

I use IMAP Notify (http://www.vandyke.com/download/imapnotify/index.html) for checking IMAP accounts. It's nice not having to keep Outlook open on our older, slower machines... Easy Notification (http://www.weberik.com/easynoti/index.php3) isn't perfect, but it's what I like best for my POP3 needs...

I think http://tinyapps.org/internet.html may be what Andy was referring to (tinysoftware.org doesn't work).

Title: Re: Mail Notification
Post by: Andy MacDonald on May 22, 2002, 07:13:06 PM

Ahh. Bugger. Sorry about that mis link. It's what I get from doing it from memory......Yep. http://www.tinyapps.org it is...
I owe you Bill...