.Mac mail checker

August 2, 2006 9:03 AM

Is there an application that will check my .Mac account mail, and that displays an icon on the OSX toolbar? An example would be the GMail notifier.
posted by The Jesse Helms to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

The Apple mail app does this if it's open. I'd have to guess there's a dashboard widget that does it too.
posted by doctor_negative at 9:10 AM on August 2, 2006

Best answer: You mean in the Dock? DockStar will let you customise the Mail.app icon, including showing how many new messages you have in your .Mac account (or any other account, up to five different ones). Not tried it myself, though.

If you mean the Menu Bar, Mail Status Control will do it, but only if .Mac is the only account you have in Mail.app.
posted by jack_mo at 11:19 AM on August 2, 2006

Best answer: Oh, and there's Mail Appetiser beta, which floats a window on your desktop, rather than being in the Dock or Menu Bar.
posted by jack_mo at 11:24 AM on August 2, 2006