12.04gmailthunderbird
I use Gmail and I would like to get a notification every time I receive an email. However, it seems that I have to use Thunderbird in order to get the notifications.
Is this correct, or are there other possibility to set things up in order to be warned when I receive a new email?
Starting with Oneiric, the Thunderbird version shipped with Ubuntu has an add-on bundled that handles integration into the message menu. That add-on called "Message menu and Unitiy Launcher integration" provides some additional options on the General tab in your Thunderbird settings (not sure about the wording, as I'm re-translating from German here ;) ). Near the options to play a sound file when a new mail arrives and such, you can decide whether the message notification should be lit for new mails and whether to do that for every folder or just for the inbox. I don't know a solution for choosing a custom set of folders, but maybe there's an add-on out there to do that.
Edit > Preferences > When new messages arrive > checkbox "Show in the messaging menu" > change radio from "For messages in all folders" to "Only for messages in my Inbox folder"
Found the solution with FireTray is an extension for Thunderbird.
Best Answer
No, you can use a lot of other email clients like:
to get email notifications. There some more. The german Ubuntuusers Wiki has a nice list with email clients.