If you have got more than one Gmail account and want to check multiple Gmail addresses for new mails, you might have to login to web based Gmail interface and enter your login details for each and every account. This process consumes more of your time and not convenient at all, especially if you are maintaining several Gmail accounts. At this stage, Gmail notification applications or Gmail notifiers help by automatically showing new mail alerts in system tray area whenever you get a new mail in your inbox.

These Gmail notification applications or Gmail notifiers, stay as a icon in your system tray area after installation. It will connect to mail server in regular intervals to check for any new email and once it finds a new email in your inbox, it will show you a notification in system tray area. You can track multiple Gmail addresses at a time using one single Gmail notifier.

Here are few Gmail notification applications that you can download and use on your computer.

Google Talk :  Surprised to read Gtalk here? Yes, if you have installed Gtalk on your computer, it will act like a Gmail notification application. We mainly use Gtalk or Google Talk for instant messaging and voice over internet protocol (VOIP), but this chat messenger service can also show us new mail notification.

Gmail Notifier : Gmail Notifier is a free application provided by Google to display alerts on each and every new mail you receive. Being compatible with both Windows and Mac OS X systems, Gmail Notifier pop ups an icon in system tray area to let users know if they have got new unread Gmail messages. It also displays subjects, senders and snippets of the new mail.

Scott Gmail Alert : Scott Gmail Alert is a third party email alert application for Gmail users. You can track multiple Gmail accounts at once as it supports up to five different accounts simultaneously. All you need to do is configure the settings of Scott Gmail Alert by providing user ID and Password of different email addresses. Using this free Gmail notifier, you can also reply to new Gmail messages without logging into your Gmail account.

gTray : gTray is a free C# programming based Gmail notification tool that can check for new incoming Gmail messages in your account. It displays alerts whenever you get a new email in your account. However, you need to have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 to run this tool.

Spiffy : Spiffy is another Windows based free Gmail notifier which displays notifications when there are new unread emails in your Gmail account. This notification application supports multiple Gmail tracking, but it’s limited to two only and it requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 to run on your system.