need an email checker

[GreyGeek]

Re: need an email checker

Thanks,

Don't really want to have anything to do with kmail or anakondi so not sure this would work for me. Ideally I just want a popup notification when email arrives.

I don't run anakondi, and KMail doesn't use it. The KMail system icon shows the number of unread emails setting in the inbox. That number increments as new emails arrive.

... Really what I am after is ... Just a small system tray notifier, that will tell me I have new mail on its own.

Which is why I use KMail. While you can configure it to "pop up" a window, I prefer not to be interrupted by popups, so the little counter box in the system tray works exactly as I (and, it appears, you) want.

What's your objection against KMail?

[eggbert]

Re: need an email checker

Oh I thought kmail was a part of the KDE pim apps which are, or will be, using akonadi.

My main objection to kmail is that KDE apps seem to acquire 'quirks' from one release to another. Also, I don't want to get tied to it... I might want to switch back to Gnome or xfce some day, and kind of hate dragging in kdelibs on other desktops

Mostly though, I am just really happy with Thunderbird. Other than the popup notifications it does everything I need very very well, so I see no need to switch.

[GreyGeek]

Re: need an email checker

I used Thunderbird for years, and was happy with in, but for years before that I used KMail. About a year ago, I decided to move as much as possible to KDE apps only, mainly to get away from GTK+ based applications, which is why I switched to KMail. I've been pleased with it.