How To Get Email Alerts In Pidgin - Gmail , Yahoo Mail , Windows Live Mail

Pidgin as you all know is a all in one instant messenger.It works on windows,linux etc . I think its one of the best softwares available as you dont need to download individual messenger clients.This one handles them all.Now in Pidgin you have this really nice feature called " New Email Notifications " . Now this feature will alert you immediately in form of a pop up whenever you get a new email.This can be very useful as if you open your mail through the browser you dont get such alerts and not many prefer having the email browser window open. So that way having pidgin giving you email notifications is definetly a bonus. It has support for gmail, yahoo mail , windows live mail ( hotmail ) etc .. So here's how you configure that :

Step 1 : Open Pidgin , then go to Accounts->Add/Edit ( or just press Ctrl+A)
Step 2 : Then select your Yahoo Or Google Or Windows Live Mail or whatever account and Click on Modify

Step 3 : The under User Options Check the statement that says " New Mail Notifications "

Step 4 : Then click on Save . You may need to login that account again for changes to start taking effect

Here are a few screenshots on how it looks :