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Mail Watcher II - 2.8

Checks multiple e-mail accounts in the background

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All Time:	(3.2)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.8
Release Date:	2003-12-20
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	1,799
Downloads (all versions):	11,704
Price:	$20.00

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Product Description:

Mail Watcher II allows your multiple mailboxes to checked in the background and notifies you when new messages arrive in your mailbox. Mail Watcher II is very easy to use: a small floating window displays the number of messages you have in your mailboxes and let you read, delete or compose a message.

For those who are alreay familiar with the first version, Mail Watcher II has been re-written from scratch:

more user-friendly interface
you can now choose the alert sound
you can now send messages (SMTP)
all the known bugs have been fixed
now you can choose the connection port (supports mail.myserver.com:110)
the password field can be left blank (it will be required when you check the mailbox)
more encodings are supported

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS 8 - 9.2.2, or
Mac OS X 10.1.3 or higher

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Unobtrusive? - Version: 2.8, 12/20/2003 05:19PM PST

dcharti

You call a window floating on precious desktop space unobtrusive? Create an app that runs in the menu bar, now THAT'S unobtrusive. Poor app, needs work.

A little behind - Version: 2.8, 12/20/2003 03:17PM PST

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epc

I've used Mail Watcher for a long time now. On OS 9 it was always running on my computer. For $20, however, the program does very little compared to other programs in the market today. Mail Toolbox -also by Malia Software- seems like a better choice.
For what it is, this is a very good program. I like the fact that it's very unobtrusive, and that the updates have been free of charge. If I were to buy a program like this one today, I would probably choose a different one. $20 is too much for this one. I haven't used Mail Watcher since I got POPMonitor a while ago. I haven't tried mail Toolbox yet, but that also seems like a great alternative.
Still, I like Mail Watcher for what it is. Simple and functional.

not yet - Version: 2.8, 12/20/2003 01:05PM PST

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Clams McShrew

lots of nice features and it actually works now too. but the gui is terrible. unattractive, and un-mac like. i'm giving 2 stars because i hope the developer will learn how to improve the gui and overall look and user-friendliness of it. There is still need for something like this, even though mailticker works very nicely.