MailBell is a utility that lives in your system tray and periodically checks email on POP3, IMAP4, MAPI and several popular webmail accounts. It can check multiple accounts and works on LANs and permanent internet connections as well as with dial-up networking (where it automatically detects when you go online). When new mail arrives the program can automatically start your mail reader, play a sound and/or display an unobstrusive notification window from which yon can start your mail reader if you like. MailBell can be configured to handle different types of email in different ways, eg. to suppress the sound for spam mail. It also displays the number of available messages in the system tray icon and comes with nice sound files.