gbiff2 periodically checks for mail and displays headers when new mail has arrived. It relies on the GNOME and GTK libraries but can be compiled and used with or without GNOME support. Supported protocols are pop3, apop, imap4, mh, qmail and mailfile.
Furthermore, gbiff2 is fully configurable with a lot of options like polltime, poptime, sounds, mail reader, mailbox title, etc.

website upgrade. 12 August 2003.
gbiff2 v0.4.0 released. 12 August 2003.
gbiff2 v0.3.0 released. 24 July 2003.

Version 0.4.0

• Hide 'Quit' button in configuration for GNOME version
• Display title and read mail now also affect biff and applet
• Fix IMAP4 protocol again (hope it'll be the last)
• Support for animation added

gbiff2-0.4.0.tar.gz (latest stable release)

You need GTK 2.xx installed to compile for GTK only (no applet).
You need GNOME 2.xx installed to compile with GNOME support.

gbiff2 is fully configurable via the GUI and options are saved within the .gbiff2rc file that is located in your home directory. For the GTK-only version, you can use an alternate configuration file with the '-c' option and you can skip the configuration process with the '-noconfigure' option.

To install gbiff2 with GNOME:

To install gbiff2 with GTK only:

You are welcome to contribute by submitting images, animations or sounds to be used with gbiff2.

Nicolas Rougier (Nicolas.Rougier@loria.fr) is the original author and maintainer.