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I'd like to have a Gmail notification service in my Epiphany indicator applet, without leaving Evolution open in the background all the time. Right now I only get notifications if Evolution is open. Strangely, this is not the case with Google calendars in Evolution -- evolution can be closed yet I still get applet notifications through the clock/calendar applet.

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For each of the answers, can people also list whether that answer also supports google apps accounts, and whether it supports multiple accounts? – Ryan Thompson Aug 6 '10 at 17:57

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Gmail Notifier is probably the best option for what you are trying to accomplish.

https://launchpad.net/gm-notify

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Search "Ubuntu Software Center" for gm-notify to install. – Michael Terry Jul 28 '10 at 20:07
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I use CloudSN (Cloud Services Notification). It supports gmail, google reader, pop3, imap, twitter, identi.ca

http://chuchiperriman.github.com/cloud-services-notifications/ (PPA available)

The best part is that it supports multiple accounts.

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This is interesting, something new I'd better not mess with, but ... oh, man, supports google reader / identica too? dammit. – e.m.fields Sep 25 '10 at 0:22
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I've had good luck with CheckGmail. Has a nice GUI, cool toaster popups, and allows you take actions on emails from the tray. 

sudo apt-get install checkgmail; checkgmail &
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CheckGmail is the only one of these that: 1. Displays the full text of the email. 2. Allows archiving/deleting/marking as read from the popup. – e.m.fields Oct 1 '10 at 7:20
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Check out GMailWatcher. It is still in early development stage, but works quite well. I am using it for over a month now. Recommended.

Introductory Blogpost: owaislone.org/blog/2010/jul/gmail-watcher
Launchpad URL: https://launchpad.net/gmailwatcher

PPA 

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:loneowais/ppa 
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gmailwatcher
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