Implementation of Gmail email notification in Ubuntu

The Gmail email notification software officially developed by Google does not have a Linux version, so I have been using Pidgin to detect emails for a long time. Next let's take a look at how to implement Gmail mail Notification in the Ubuntu operating system. 1. When you add a Gtalk instant messaging account to Pidgin for Gmail mail detection, select "new mail Notification", so that the software regularly queries whether new emails exist. When a new email is sent, the results are displayed on the Pidgin main interface, as shown in. Pid

The Gmail email notification software officially developed by Google does not have a Linux version, so I have been using Pidgin to detect emails for a long time. Next let's take a look at how to implement Gmail mail Notification in the Ubuntu operating system.

1. Gmail email detection in Pidgin

When you add a Gtalk instant messaging account to Pidgin, select "new email notification", and the software regularly checks whether new emails exist. When a new email is sent, the results are displayed on the Pidgin main interface, as shown in.

NEW email notification for Pidgin

After clicking it, a mail summary window is displayed, as shown in. Click the link in to guide the browser to load the Gmail page.

However, the disadvantage of Pidgin is that it can only display new mail Information on the main interface, but as an instant messaging software, we do not need to check the information when opening the main interface-most of them just click the flashing icon.

This inconvenience finally made me make up my mind today to install a dedicated email notification tool called Gmail Notifier.

Gmail Notifier has the For Linux version (the RPM and DEB installation formats are provided), as well as the For Windows installation program. Can go to its official page download page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmail-notify/) download.

For Ubuntu users, you can download the DEB format above. However, this software has already been added to most Ubuntu upgrade sources, try apt-get install gmail-plugin Y. (lupamirror is included, and it has not been tried by other sources ).

After the installation is complete, the software will create an initiator under the "Application/Internet" menu. The software settings are very simple. Submit your Gmail user name and password and set parameters such as the probe interval, however, you must enter the correct startup command in the browser field, such as "firefox ".

When a new email arrives, the Gmail-Notifier icon in the status bar turns blue, for example.

The email abstract information is displayed in the window switch area, as shown in.