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February 23, 2009 9:34 AM

How can I make my gmail "ding" when I get a new email?

I want my gmail to make a noise when I get a new email. It does it when someone gchats me, how do I get it to make a sound when a new message comes in? It is probably a really easy fix but I'm not finding it. Thanks all!!

posted by pearlybob to technology (10 answers total)

You can download the Gmail Notifier. It pings and flashes when you get new mail and a little thingy pops up telling you who it's from too. Hope this helps.
posted by Ziggy500 at 9:38 AM on February 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Ziggy, that is exactly what I need but I use firefox. Thanks for trying though...
posted by pearlybob at 9:40 AM on February 23, 2009

I setup pidgin for gchat and there is a tick box under account management where you can say "New Mail Notification"

Gmail notifier is nice too like ziggy said.
posted by zephyr_words at 9:41 AM on February 23, 2009

Ok, I'm stupid. Can I use that with firefox? I'm running Windows 7.
posted by pearlybob at 9:42 AM on February 23, 2009

It doesn't matter what browser you're using since it's a windows program. I haven't tried it with windows 7.

You could use this firefox extension though https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1320 called gmail manager.
posted by zephyr_words at 9:45 AM on February 23, 2009

Ok, yep it worked!! Thanks Ziggy, you rock!!
posted by pearlybob at 9:45 AM on February 23, 2009

Thanks zephyr. Appreciate the link.
posted by pearlybob at 9:49 AM on February 23, 2009

Welcome, glad you got it sorted.
posted by zephyr_words at 9:52 AM on February 23, 2009

You're welcome!
posted by Ziggy500 at 1:14 PM on February 23, 2009

Follow-up thread derail: Is there a similar program that will check for new mail in labels, not just the inbox? I would love a GMail notifier but I am obsessive about filtering email out of my inbox and thus very rarely get "new mail" directly in the Inbox. So in the past GMail Notifier has been of little help for me. Has this changed?
posted by jckll at 7:05 AM on February 25, 2009