Menu bar · IMAP · macOS

The lightest way to watch your mail.

digoMailCheck is a featherweight menu bar companion that watches your IMAP inboxes in real time and shows the count exactly where you already look.

Coming soon Mac App Store

macOS 14 or later · IMAP only · No tracking

See it work

At a glance

One red number. That is the whole interface.

No app to open, no inbox to scan. The unread count lives on your menu bar and keeps itself current. New mail slides in as a notification with sender and subject.

IMAP IDLE

Real-time push, not polling.

digoMailCheck holds an IMAP IDLE connection open, so a message shows up the instant the server has it - not on the next scheduled check. Where a server will not IDLE, it quietly falls back to polling on your interval.

  1. IDLE

    Connection kept open

    One TLS connection per watched folder, parked in IDLE and waiting.

  2. PUSH

    Server announces new mail

    The server sends EXISTS the moment a message lands. No timer, no delay.

  3. BADGE

    The count updates

    A quick UID SEARCH UNSEEN, the badge changes, a notification appears.

Accounts & folders

Every mailbox. Every folder. One icon.

Add as many accounts as you like and pick exactly which folders to watch - each on its own real-time connection. The dropdown breaks the count down per account and per folder.

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Private by design

Your passwords never leave the Keychain.

It watches your mail; it never becomes your mail. digoMailCheck reads only what it needs to count the unread.

  • Keychain, not config files

    Passwords are stored in the macOS Keychain, protected by an access list that trusts only the app.

  • IMAP and nothing else

    No OAuth handoff, no web dashboard, no companion service. Classic IMAP over TLS.

  • No external dependencies

    Built entirely on Apple system frameworks. Nothing third-party is bundled or phoned home.

  • No analytics, ever

    No accounts, no telemetry, no tracking. What you watch stays on your Mac.

Works with

Bring your own provider.

Presets fill in host and port for the usual suspects; anything that speaks IMAP works too. Gmail and iCloud use an app-specific password.

  • Gmail
  • Yahoo
  • Outlook / Office 365
  • iCloud
  • AOL
  • Rackspace
  • 1&1
  • Any IMAP server, in fact.

Speaks your language

Eleven languages, following your system.

digoMailCheck picks up your macOS language automatically, and you can override it any time.

Quiet by default

A calmer inbox starts in your menu bar.

Small enough to forget it is running. Reliable enough to trust it.

Coming soon Mac App Store

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Universal · Ready for Apple silicon and Intel