Mail Notifier is a small mod that informs you when you receive new mail and displays how many unread mails you have in the minimap mail button.
General Features
Keeps a count of how many unread mails you have
Will play a sound and the minimap mail button will start flashing when you receive a new mail
"Auto-Pick" mail on shift-click
No configuration needed
Bug Reports: Please Mention
When reporting bugs, please mention which WoW and Mail Notifier version you are using, which addons you have enabled and which is your WoW's language. Don't forget to describe exactly what you are experiencing and to report the bug at my portal.
Change Log - Mail Notifier
Version 3.1
Small bug fix
Version 3
This version works both on 3.0 (WLK) and 2.0 (current normal realms), even if the addon control panel says that it's "out of date"
Removed the "auto-pick mail" functionality, because Blizzard replaced it in 3.0
Code cleanup
Version 2.1
Fixed bug causing the number of new mails in the minimap button to be below the border, which was problematic in numbers bigger than 100
Reorganized the code
Version 2
Updated to 2.4
Changed name to "Mail Notifier" (I guess it is more intuitive)
Note: new mails count has been restarted
Version 1.3
Code improvements
Fixed bug that prevented some new mails from being properly detected
Version 1.2
Auto -pick mail now works with multi-item mails
Improved auto - pick mail performance
No longer adds 2 new mails when you win an auction
Originally posted by tralkar ok, i'm trying out 2.1 and the numbers arent showing up untill i open the mail also when getting new mail theres no sound..
Unfortunately, there's no way to know how many new mails you received when you were logged out (Blizzard does not allow). It's only possible to detect new mails when you received them while you were playing or when you visit the mailbox.
The new mail sound hasn't played for you because no new mail was detected.
Enjoy!