Gmail Notifier

Author: Michael Tom-Wing

Description: A Gmail Notifier that makes use of libnotify and the Indicator Applet in GNOME.

License: GPL

Dependencies: python-notify, python-indicate, python-feedparser

Distributions: Tested on Ubuntu 10.04

Screenshots:

Gmail Notifier - v1.2

Gmail Notifier - v1.5.2

Documentation: Yes

Download: v1.7.1

Apt Repo:

  • deb http://repo.ahadiel.org/apt karmic/
  • deb http://repo.ahadiel.org/apt lucid/

Package: gmail-notifier

Note: Karmic users should use the provided apt repository instead of manually installing the .deb.

Changelog:

v1.7.1:

  • Added support for Google Apps email accounts.
  • Email subject automatically limited to 30 characters.

v1.7:

  • Fixed initial compatibility issues with Ubuntu Lucid’s new python-indicate.
  • Note: The version for Lucid will almost always be newer than Karmic.

v1.6.1:

  • Fixed gmail-notifier.py from closing if there is no valid internet connection.

v1.6:

  • Added a configuration GUI.
  • Added a way to skip the initial timeout.

v1.5.2:

  • Fixed a few regressions.
  • Increased the timeout before the initial mail check.

v1.5:

  • Minor code changes.

v1.4:

  • Moved standalone debs to apt repo (see docs)
  • Interval input format has been changed
    • ie. 1d20m30s ~ 1 day, 20mins, 30secs

v1.3:

  • Re-implemented Gnome Keyring support
  • Switched to .deb releases

v1.2:

  • Preliminary support for listing emails within the Indicator-Applet

v1.1:

  • Support for storing email and password in the Gnome Keyring

v1.0:

  • Initial release