GmailAssistant

GmailAssistant is a Java Gmail notifier that notifies you whenever a new message lands in your Google Mail inbox.

As compared to the other similar products on the market, GmailAssistant doesn’t need to be installed, but instead it may require a few settings to load.

The GUI is plain and simple, with the main window showing the configured account, including username, the number of unread mails and status.

Setting up a new account is pretty easy because GmailAssistant asks the user to input the username and password, adjust the notification system and configure the alerts.

You can for example get a notification for any unread mail in the inbox, any unread message or for unread mail with a user-defined label.

Besides the visual and audio alerts, GmailAssistant can also make the keyboard LEDs blink, with a dedicated option to choose between Num-Lock and Scroll Lock keys.

Obviously, GmailAssistant allows users to configure the email checking interval, but also to set up proxy servers to access the Internet.

Since it’s a Java-based app, GmailAssistant works on any workstation that has the Java Runtime Environment installed, with just a reduced footprint on system performance.

As a conclusion, GmailAssistant is a simple, but very effective Gmail notifier that keeps an eye on your mail account and issues a notification whenever a new message reaches your inbox. It needs only basic computer knowledge and although a help section doesn’t exist, both rookies and more experienced users should figure out the purpose of each option in a second.