The Bottom Line
MacBiff is a very nice mail checker for IMAP accounts that gives you a concise and useful overview of all your mail folders from the Mac OS X menu bar.
Unfortunately, MacBiff only supports IMAP and lacks filters.
Unfortunately, MacBiff only supports IMAP and lacks filters.
Pros
- MacBiff announces mail unobtrusively, but effectively
- You can preview the subjects of new messages directly in MacBiff
- MacBiff supports multiple IMAP accounts and lets you ignore specific folders
Cons
- MacBiff only works with IMAP accounts
- No filters let MacBiff announce certain mail in a special way
- All MacBiff accounts are checked with the same frequency
Description
- MacBiff checks multiple IMAP accounts for new mail periodically.
- New messages are announced via a menu bar icon, Growl and, optionally, sound.
- MacBiff allows you to exclude certain IMAP folders from automatic mail checking.
- Optionally, MacBiff displays the date and subject of unread messages.
- You can launch your email client quickly and directly from MacBiff.
- MacBiff can also be detached from the menu, displaying the new mail status in a separate window.
- MacBiff supports Mac OS X 10.6/7.
