gnubiff is a mail notification program that checks for mail and displays headers when new mail has arrived. Multiple protocols and frontends are supported.
gnubiff uses a very simple PNG animation format that allow to use full color images and also to handle alpha channel properly (courtesy of PNG support).
The software is free and open source.
Key Features
- Multiple mailbox support.
- pop3, apop, imap4, mh, qmail and mailfile support.
- SSL & certificates support.
- GNOME support with complete integration to panel.
- GTK stand-alone support.
- Support for the system tray.
- Support for running without GUI or X.
- Automatic detection of mailbox format.
- Mail header & content display.
- IDLE state support for imap4.
- FAM support for mh/qmail/mailfile.
- PNG animation support.
- Highly configurable.
- HIG 2.0 compliance.
- Small memory usage.
Website: gnubiff.sourceforge.net
Support: SourceForge Project Page
Developer: Nicolas Rougier, Robert Sowada and Roland Stigge
License: GNU General Public License version 2.0
gnubiff is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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