Check Mail (GMail) is a very lightweight and easy to use utility allowing you to check your email in a single GMail account, if you've got GMail you need Check Mail (GMail). It is highly customisable allowing you to be notified in a number of ways, a perfect way to check email, giving you the option to then launch any of the mail programs installed on your PC or even a WebMail interface. Check Mail (GMail) has been written with GMail in mind and it is the perfect lightweight addition to those people using GMail with Mozilla Thunderbird.
Some of CheckMail (GMail)s main features include:-
Don't like my icons? Use your own!
Play a custom new email sound of your choice
Optional pop-up alert (ala Outlook)
Small program that very few resources
The option to launch a WebPage and/or an installed full mail client (Perfect for GMail)
Discreet (Tray icon) existence
GMail has excellent IMAP access (a feature very few e-mail services provide). This allows you to access a single copy of each message stored on their server, it's a much better system compared to the old POP3 protocol that often results in multiple copies of the same message being kept. IMAP access with Outlook is very slow, I've found that Mozilla Thunderbird is a much quicker and all round more elegant e-mail client solution. The only problem with Thunderbird is that it takes up space on your taskbar (as well as a fair amount of memory resources) when left running. CheckMail (GMail) now allows you to close Thunderbird when it's not being used to read/write mail, simply double clicking the CheckMail (Gmail) icon when new mail arrives will result in Thunderbird (or another mail client of your choice being run). By combining GMail IMAP, with CheckMail (GMail) and Mozilla Thunderbird you have the perfect personal desktop mail solution.
