MailUnreadStatusBar notification app goes Universal
MailUnreadStatusBar, a discreet Menubar notification utility for Mail.app, has been released as a universal binary, which will run just as smoothly on Intel Macs as well as PPC ones.
Like Mail Unread Menu, MailUnreadStatusBar takes a low-key approach to notifications. Rather than popping up an alert screen as Mail.appetizer and GrowlMail do, it just keeps score in the Menubar, so that you can see how many unread emails you have without getting unduly distracted.
Its drop-down menu offers options to open, show or quit Mail and to perform an instant check for new mail.
It also lists the amount of unread mail in each of the mailboxes that you nominate in the app’s Preferences. Clicking on one of the listed mailboxes, opens that mailbox in Mail.app. (This helps me - a little - not to read Hawk Wings email at work).
The Preferences menu provides a variety of icons for the Menubar, the frequency with which to check for new mail and allows you to select which mailboxes the app should monitor (hold down the ⌘-key to select more than one):
A new option lets you choose just to have the number of unread messages displayed without any icon. This will please hardcore interface minimalists.
MaulUnreadStatusBar is freeware and is available from the developer’s web site 
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November 5th, 2006 at 8:39 am
Thanks for this one Tim, I replaced mail unread menu with this two weeks ago and I love it.
My wife and I share the same account, so it’s wonderful to be able to see whom the emails are for (by mailbox) from the menu bar.
Thanks again for all your blogging work.