This Dashboard widget checks your eMail without having Apple Mail running all the time. It has been especially made for those who were leaving their eMails on the mail-server after having received them. MailWidget will tell if there are new emails that hadn’t already been received by Apple Mail.

Features:

• Alternating vocal announcement of new mail by a female voice
• Individually customise audio feedback
• On demand or periodic check with adjustable interval length
• Support for multiple accounts in one widget
• Preview sender and subject of the latest mail
• Compose new mail with attachment via drag and drop
• Growl support (optional)
• Unicode support allows Japanese and other symbols
• Supported account types: POP3, IMAP4, Exchange 2007, MobileMe
• POP3 Authentication : APOP or plain
• MAP4 Authentication : CRAM-MD5 or plain
• SSL connection supported and preferred

MailWidget is freeware. However, if you enjoy using MailWidget and would like to help support its development, please consider making a donation.

Requirements:
OS X 10.6+
Intel

Also available is:
Universal Binary version 3.56 for OS X 10.5-10.7