Comments on: IMAP Mail Checker for Mac OSX?

Question: IMAP Mail Checker for Mac OSX?

mule — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:07:20 -0800

Is there a IMAP Mail Checker for Mac OSX?

Is there a mail checker App for OSX Mountain Lion that doesn't require the Mac Mail App to be open?

I'm looking for a small menu bar App that will check my IMAP accounts when Mail is closed..

By: Brent Parker

Brent Parker — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:02:39 -0800

Sparrow can sit in the menu bar and check IMAP accounts.

By: ridogi

ridogi — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:08:56 -0800

There is herald which pops up a notification window when new mail arrives. It is a plugin for Mail.app which must be running, but Mail can be hidden or minimized.

By: iamscott

iamscott — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:57:26 -0800

Notify has been discontinued, but is quite good. I can send you the zip file if you memail me, if you can't find it elsewhere (they posted it for free after they discontinued it, but now it appears to be gone altogether).

By: TruncatedTiller

TruncatedTiller — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:08:12 -0800

Try MacBiff. It it works with IMAP but it polls; it doesn't implement IMAP IDLE. It can talk to Growl, or launch Mail or another app, as well as just alerting. One glitch that has persisted: once in a while (weeks or longer) it disables itself. Workable as long as you're aware of it.

By: drhydro

drhydro — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:25:12 -0800

Thunderbird will work with IMAP.