What is it?

This is an open-source alternative to the official Google Gmail Notifier (now retired).

Download

Download the portable binaries or the installer here.

Features

This is rather simple and aims to work just like the original Google Notifier.

It will show the mail icon in the system tray, turning blue when you have unread mail. A balloon tooltip will pop up when you receive mail. Hovering over the icon will show a tooltip letting you know how many unread emails you have.

It will check mail every couple of minutes via Gmail's Atom Feed.

Note: This feed is only available for Gmail accounts on Google Apps domains (...@gmail.com).

To do list

• Sounds
• Better preview of incoming mail

Getting started

First, you will need to generate an application-specific password in your Google Account, under the Security > Password > App Passwords section. It will not work with your real password.

Then, either download:

• The installer: this will install the program and set it up to automatically start with Windows. or,
• The binaries in zip format: you will have to extract this and start it (or set up Windows to start it up for you) yourself.

On the first run, you will be asked for credentials (these will be stored securely).

Requires the .NET Framework 3.5 or above (Client Profile is ok).

Change Log

1.2.1 - Mar 3, 2015 [by yanoschik]

• (minor) added few comments to code and config
• config modifications:
  • NotificationDelay key changed to represent seconds
  • added key for Google mail url, which replaces the previously hardcoded one (used for opening mailbox in browser)
  • default logging level set to INFO
• reading config moved to a separate method
• important config variables are checked for reasonable values, defaults used if failed
• added option to show last mail -info in baloon tooltip
• clicking on baloon now also opens the browser (like doubleclick on icon or menuitem)
• config dialog has the accept button OK assigned (pressing Enter = clicking OK)
• minor text changes in baloon tooltips
• general handling of exceptions from MainForm -> log & show message before exit
• some minor changes (initial texts for icon and baloontip; notification improved when credentials error occurs; etc.)

1.2 - Mar 3, 2014

• Credentials now set via the Options dialog instead of directly in the config file, and stored securely using the Windows Data Protection API.

1.1 - Feb 21, 2014

• Added notifications (balloon tips)

1.0 - Feb 18, 2014

• Initial version

Want to contribute?

• Let me know of any issues you may find (you may include details from the log file that is created in the same directory as the executable to help troubleshooting).
• Fork the code and contribute bug fixes or new features.

License

Gmail Notifier Replacement Copyright (C) 2014 Xavier Poinas

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.