Sfor Posted November 11, 2024 Posted November 11, 2024 The general idea is to get audible new E-Mail notification, with the speakers turned off. The old solution was to get the notification through PC Speaker. It worked well in Windows XP and later Windows 7, while using POP Tray and later POP Peeper applications. To read GMail originated messages the Thunderbird was used. In case of mails from different server it was enough to read the header, and then just delete it. As, they are just notification of events like power failures and such. POP Tray went useless, after GMail forced OAuth2 authentication procedure. POP Peeper is unable to select the audio output. So, it worked well with the beepxp driver, generating system error beep through PC Speaker. But, failed to do the same on HP z220 CMT computer. For some reason I was unable to get the PC Speaker function on z220, while it worked perfectly on HP z210 CMT. So, here you have it. Now, I'm looking for an E-Mail notifier with. - ability to generate audible notification on audio output different from the default one on Windows 7 x64. - ability to use OAuth2 authenication - multiple E-Mail account support, and ability to view headers and delete mails without running a full blown E-Mail client. - visible seconds on E-Mail list. The POP Peeper was unable to display seconds on the list of new mails. I'm using internal E-Mail server to monitor events on multiple devices. Somtimes it is difficult to get the sequence of events, if the seconds are not visible. - it would be perfect if the apllication is free (with commercial use included).
Sampei.Nihira Posted November 11, 2024 Posted November 11, 2024 I use Pop Peeper. You might check Email Tray: https://www.emailtray.com/email-notifier.html and see if it meets your needs.
Sfor Posted November 12, 2024 Author Posted November 12, 2024 It seems the Email Tray is unable to set up a GMail account. The procedure just requires E-Mail address and the password. The OAuth2 autentication is not performed, and the applications says the password is wrong. So, I do believe the Email Tray does no support OAuth2 authentication.
TSNH Posted November 12, 2024 Posted November 12, 2024 OAuth2's purpose is to verify that you are not using an email client that is not trusted by Google (or Microsoft etc.) It is extremely difficult for small (usually open source) email client developer to get approval from Google, so supporting OAuth2 != being able to actually use it https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=30566&start=20#p246217 So maybe consider switching the email provider. For example Polish email providers Onet and WP don't require OAuth2
Sfor Posted December 1, 2024 Author Posted December 1, 2024 On 11/13/2024 at 12:01 AM, TSNH said: OAuth2's purpose is to verify that you are not using an email client that is not trusted by Google (or Microsoft etc.) It is extremely difficult for small (usually open source) email client developer to get approval from Google, so supporting OAuth2 != being able to actually use it https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=30566&start=20#p246217 So maybe consider switching the email provider. For example Polish email providers Onet and WP don't require OAuth2 Switching E-Mail address is a significant problem. Too much hassle to consider it a solution. In any case, I would certainly not use Onet or WP. I would use an E-Mail server in my own domain, instead.
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