PopTray Alternatives

PopTray is described as 'Started as a little POP3 mail checker I wrote, because I couldnt find a freeware program that had all the features I wanted. Since then, new features have been added by request. After years of refinement PopTray 3' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to PopTray for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Mac apps. The best PopTray alternative is POP Peeper, which is free. Other great apps like PopTray are Mia for Gmail, Notifier for Gmail, Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) and PopTrayU.

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  1. POP Peeper icon
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    POP Peeper is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task bar and alerts you when you have new email on your POP3, IMAP (with IDLE support), Hotmail\MSN\LiveMail, Yahoo, GMail, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite, iWon, Lycos.com, RediffMail, Juno and NetZero accounts.

    18 POP Peeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • POP Peeper is the most popular Windows alternative to PopTray.

    • POP Peeper is the most popular free alternative to PopTray.

    • POP Peeper is Freemium and ProprietaryPopTray is Free and Open Source
  2. Mia for Gmail icon
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    A desktop email client for your Mac, without a browser !.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Mia for Gmail is the most popular Mac alternative to PopTray.

    • Mia for Gmail is Freemium and ProprietaryPopTray is Free and Open Source
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    Gmail™ Notifier is an open-source project that notifies you about incoming emails from all your Google Mail accounts and labels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
    • Notifier for Gmail is the most popular Open Source alternative to PopTray.

    • Notifier for Gmail is Free and Open SourcePopTray is also Free and Open Source
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    Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) is a free POP3 mail monitor with multiple accounts support. It sits silently in your system tray, and notifies you about new messages in your mailboxes. Then you can preview messages and delete unwanted mail in order to avoid spam and viruses.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. PopTrayU icon
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    Have you fallen in love with the fabulous email notifier program Poptray, but you're running a newer version of Windows than PopTray was designed for? Now there's a new option. Developer Jessica Brown has built upon PopTray to create PopTrayU!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Gmail™ Panel (and Notifier) is an easy-to-use extension for your browser, which can help users to keep track of their Gmail account, while surfing the internet for other information. This convenient extension can help multitaskers as they have the opportunity to open their Gmail...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
    • Panel & Notifier for Gmail™ is the most popular Linux alternative to PopTray.

    • Panel & Notifier for Gmail™ is Free and ProprietaryPopTray is Free and Open Source
  7. GMDesk icon
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    GMDesk is an application that lets you run Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Maps as a stand-alone application to do all your mail handling, calendar event reading etc with. No need to open it up in a web browser, or have it clutter your workspace.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe AIR
     
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    Gmail Notifier is a Linux/Windows alternative for the notifier program released by Google, it is written in Python and provides an attractive and simple way to check for new mail messages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Gdow icon
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    Gdow is a free Gmail notifier with shareware "on the fly" inbox management capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Fastest Gmail is a handy and reliable extension designed to notify you about incoming emails from all your Google Mail accounts and labels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
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    Gmail™ Notifier Plus alerts you of new email messages. Users can also read or reply to emails, delete or mark them as read, all without having to open a new window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
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