Desktop email notifier for Linux

FredOnline · 25 Jun 2016, 10:49 PM

I've been using Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 Bit on a spare laptop for a few weeks now, and am learning as I go.

On my Windows 7 PC, I've been using Gmail Notifier Pro, for instant notifications, and am looking for something that will do the same job on my Linux laptop.

Does anyone with experience with Linux have any suggestions?

pjwalsh · 26 Jun 2016, 10:38 PM

mail-notification is reported to work well on Cinnamon. There's a version for Evolution.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...?f=47&t=161134
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...l-notification

There's also the browser extension Gmail Notifier.
http://add0n.com/gmail-notifier.html

LinuxArie · 27 Jun 2016, 01:31 AM

Thunderbird gives also notifications

FredOnline · 27 Jun 2016, 02:29 AM

I've tried mail-notification (admittedly not for very long) and it just seemed a bit like something out of the 1990's.

I've taken a tip from my Chromebook, in that, when I log in to that machine, it automatically opens the Chrome browser, where I have the Gmail Notifier extension already installed.

I've now set up the Linux Mint laptop to automatically open the Chromium browser, with the same end result.

That works OK.

As regards Thunderbird, I tend not to use local clients, although saying that, I am using Thunderbird on the Linux Mint laptop as an offline archive of my Gmail account.

However, I'm not using IMAP, I'm using POP instead, and then using the Import/Export Tools extension to provide an additional back up of that Thunderbird archive.

janusz · 27 Jun 2016, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredOnline

I am using Thunderbird on the Linux Mint laptop as an offline archive of my Gmail account.

A tangential question: do you really think your archive on a laptop is safer than what Gmail offers?

25 Jun 2016, 10:49 PM	#1
FredOnline The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,616	Desktop email notifier for Linux I've been using Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 Bit on a spare laptop for a few weeks now, and am learning as I go. On my Windows 7 PC, I've been using Gmail Notifier Pro, for instant notifications, and am looking for something that will do the same job on my Linux laptop. Does anyone with experience with Linux have any suggestions?

26 Jun 2016, 10:38 PM	#2
pjwalsh Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 312	mail-notification is reported to work well on Cinnamon. There's a version for Evolution. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...?f=47&t=161134 http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...l-notification There's also the browser extension Gmail Notifier. http://add0n.com/gmail-notifier.html

27 Jun 2016, 01:31 AM	#3
LinuxArie Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 69	Thunderbird gives also notifications

27 Jun 2016, 02:29 AM	#4
FredOnline The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,616	I've tried mail-notification (admittedly not for very long) and it just seemed a bit like something out of the 1990's. I've taken a tip from my Chromebook, in that, when I log in to that machine, it automatically opens the Chrome browser, where I have the Gmail Notifier extension already installed. I've now set up the Linux Mint laptop to automatically open the Chromium browser, with the same end result. That works OK. As regards Thunderbird, I tend not to use local clients, although saying that, I am using Thunderbird on the Linux Mint laptop as an offline archive of my Gmail account. However, I'm not using IMAP, I'm using POP instead, and then using the Import/Export Tools extension to provide an additional back up of that Thunderbird archive.