Gmail Peeper

Gmail Peeper is a software tool whose purpose is to let people know when they have received a new mail on their Gmail account, with support for custom notifications.

The installation process is a piece of cake, as it does not offer to add any products that are not actually necessary for the utility to properly function and it is over in a few seconds. After you complete it, you are greeted by a simple and clean interface, as it is only comprised of a two tabs which enable you quite access to all the available settings. As a result, we can safely say that is dedicated to both power and novice users.

This program enables you to view all your unread messages from your Gmail account, as well as receive notifications when a new mail arrives. You are required to input your credentials (user name and passkey) in the settings panel, while you can also setup other details, such as the time interval at which to check for new messages and language of the UI.

It is also possible to enable sound alerts when receiving a new e-mail, and upload them from the hard drive in a WAV, MP3, WMA or MID format. A few sounds are provided by the developers in the program files, while you can also play and pause the added audio track with the built-in playback controls.

All unread e-mails are going to be displayed in the main window as a list, along with details such as sender name and subject. It is possible to minimize the tool to the system tray, manually refresh messages and open your Gmail account in your default web browser.

In conclusion, Gmail Peeper is a pretty efficient piece of software which you can sync with your Gmail. The interface is friendly to all user categories and it runs without hindering the system’s performance and without freezing, hanging or popping up errors. All tasks are completed in a fair amount of time, yet it has not been updated in quite a while.