Spiffy Portable

Spiffy Portable is a small software utility which enables you to set up notifications for multiple Gmail accounts, as well as keep logs.

This is the portable version of Spiffy and thus, the installation process can be bypassed. This means that the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to be updated with new entries, and no leftovers will remain on the hard drive after its removal.

Another important aspect that you have to take into consideration, is that you can run Spiffy Portable on any computer you have been granted access to, by simply placing the program files to a thumb drive and double-clicking the EXE.

This tool enables you to input up to five e-mail accounts in order to create alerts, while you can also specify the time interval at which the mail should be checked for unread messages and you can upload a custom sound alert, in formats such as WAV and MP3. It is possible to show or hide logs, as well as clear them with just a click of the button, enable or disable a proxy connection.

The app’s appearance can be tweaked, as you can control the opacity with the help of a slider bar, the font type, size and color are subject to change, as well as the icon’s color.

It sits in the system tray at all times, which means that it is not going to become obtrusive and the notification you receive when a new message arrives is represented by a small window, which contains the title of the e-mail, the sender’s address and a small preview of the actual mail.

To sum up, Spiffy Portable is a pretty useful piece of software that notifies you of any new mail you receive on your Gmail accounts. The interface is minimal and intuitive, the response time is good, the CPU and memory usage is low at all times and our tests did not reveal bugs or errors.