CheckGmail
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| Last Update: | 2008-01-22 05:01:11 |
| Version: | 1.13 |
| License/Program Type: | GPL (GNU General Public License) |
| Publisher: | Owen Marshall |
| Price: | $0.00 |
Description:
CheckGmail is an alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux and
other nix systems. CheckGmail project is fast, secure and uses
minimal bandwidth via the use of Atom feeds.
CheckGmail is a system tray application that checks a Gmail
account for new mail. When new mail is present the tray icon
changes, an optional animated popup is displayed and a tooltip
displays the number and details of new messages. Configuration is
GUI-based and the application is designed to be simple, elegant and
unobtrusive.
There are several other Gmail Notifier alternatives around (see
the links section below), but all use a cumbersome method of
gathering Gmail account information that basically involves loading
the login page, logging in just as a web-browser would, then using
Gmail's javascript interface to mine the relevant data.
The advantage of this approach is that you can grab any
information that you can see on the Gmail web interface. The
disadvantage is that it uses heaps of bandwidth and time when
typically all you want to know is whether there's new mail in your
account. In comparison, the use of Atom feeds by CheckGmail is
simple, straightforward and fast while still providing the details
of any new mail in your inbox.
The other reason for CheckGmail is security - no password
information should ever be stored in plain text, yet this is
exactly what at least one popular alternative does. CheckGmail
provides the option of either encrypting the saved password
information or - for maximum security - re-entering your password
each time the application is run.
If you decide to save the password, it is encrypted using a
passphrase generated from machine-unique information (the eth0 MAC
address and/or uname system information). Encrypting the password
prevents both casual reading of plain text passwords on your
machine, but more importantly allows the CheckGmail config file in
your home directory to be
Requirements:
· Gtk2-perl
· Gtk2-TrayIcon
· libwww-perl
· Crypt-SSLeay
· Crypt-Simple
· XML-Simple
What's New in This Release:
· This version fixes compatibility with the new version
of Gmail, adds a menu option to restart the application and a
commandline update utility.
· There's also a number of bugfixes.
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