If you'd like to receive notifications on your computer when new mail has arrived, you can set up desktop notifications.
You will need to have Fastmail open in a browser for notifications to appear. Note that not all browsers support notifications.
To set up desktop notifications, go to Settings → Notifications.
From this screen, you can choose your preferred level of notifications:
- Off: You will not see notifications for any message on this device.
- Important messages only: You will only receive notifications for messages from your VIP contacts or messages in conversations that you are following.
- All in inbox: You will receive notifications for all messages that arrive in your Inbox. (You will not receive notifications for messages that arrive in other folders/labels.)
- Custom: You can choose to receive notifications for mail sent from specific senders, or mail that arrives in specific folders/labels.
You will need to grant Fastmail permission to show notifications in your browser for notifications to work. If you haven't already done this, a yellow banner titled Notifications not permitted will appear on your screen. Click Enable notifications and follow the steps onscreen.